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ethanol in water bottle

Okay so i accidently spilled some ethanol into my water bottle during science lessons 2day, just a bit.

so anyways I couldnt drink anymore water from my water bottle for the rest of the day, so I was wondering if I just wash my water bottle with soap and then I can start using it to drink again?

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Reply 1

isabella

Bin it & get a new one. Just to be on the safe side

Reply 2

Trigger

lol 42p for more water is hardly a fortune. Dont put your life at risk

Reply 3

insparato

isabella

Bin it & get a new one. Just to be on the safe side

Especially if its 100% concentrated.

Reply 4

Phantom Phoenix

isabella

Bin it & get a new one. Just to be on the safe side

It's nasty stuff.

Reply 5

gRaDiUs

take it on a night out!

Reply 6

Phantom Phoenix

gRaDiUs

take it on a night out!

Hah, or that. Like your sig btw! :wink:

Reply 7

arsenalfan.

okay is there a risk with it? like whats the chances? cause it isnt a disposable water bottle i might cost me like 5-10 pounds to get a new proper one and I cant afford that.

Reply 8

Perdomo

arsenalfan.

okay is there a risk with it? like whats the chances? cause it isnt a disposable water bottle i might cost me like 5-10 pounds to get a new proper one and I cant afford that.

10 quids or your life? you can choose :biggrin:

Reply 9

Darren Marc

arsenalfan.

Okay so i accidently spilled some ethanol into my water , if I just wash my water bottle with soap and then I can start using it to drink again?

lol you're actually asking people's opinion on this?

did you expect someone to say, yeah drink from the bottle!

Reply 10

Trigger

arsenalfan.

okay is there a risk with it? like whats the chances? cause it isnt a disposable water bottle i might cost me like 5-10 pounds to get a new proper one and I cant afford that.

how did you get it in there anyway!

Reply 11

puppy

How do you 'spill' ethanol into a water bottle? If it's £5-10 I'm assuming it has some kind of sports cap which would make it especially difficuly. This is why you shouldn't be eating and drinking in labs. I assume what you mean is 'I poured some ethanol in my water bottle'

Reply 12

herbal bug

bin it...you never know how pure the ethanol is..

Reply 13

gRaDiUs

Darren Marc

lol you're actually asking people's opinion on this?

did you expect someone to say, yeah drink from the bottle!

If he does and he doesn't go blind, gimme a shout, I smell cheap weekends!

Reply 14

Apricot Fairy

Jesus... I can't believe you feel the need to make a thread on an internet forum about this! Just buy another bottle of water.

Reply 15

username72629

Personally I don't see the harm in it. Ethanol is extremely volatile so it would evapourate out anyway.

Someone will probably have a go at me for saying this but, if you could put vodka or any alcoholic drink in a sports bottle, why would it make any difference now?

Just adding hot water would boil off the alcohols. I've accidentally drank nitro methane and methanol before, and that's alot worse.

Reply 16

Erana

Yeah, it's not like the stuff's going to seep into the plastic. Apart from anything else, most plastics are non-polar (being just hydrocarbons..), and ethanol is polar so neh.

As Hixxy says, just add hot water. Or put it through the dishwasher or something.

Reply 17

Eau

I don't think it would do much harm if you rinse the ethanol out with water.

BUT, you really should assume that there may be other chemicals spilt in the water bottle as well - you never know in a lab.

As a rule of thumb - do not bring food/drinks to a science lab!!

Reply 18

Shockley

Jesus, I wish all I had to worry about regarding health & relationships was a plastic water bottle. Some people get all the luck.

Reply 19

arsenalfan.

okay thanks for your help guys, my mum washed the water bottle out with water + soap used for cleaning plates.

And my water bottle is like those below
http://www.gearexpress.biz/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/nalgene.jpg

how it spilled in? -> i just messed around and my water bottle cap was open (i wuz drinking a bit) while the teacher was out. we where doing experiments.

wesetters

The ethanol they use in schools is methylated. Don't drink from the bottle.