Reusing painted Stone bottles...

UNless the paint is chipping / flaking off, I doubt you have anything to worry about. Anything that will leach out of stuck paint is so tiny as to be nearly non-existant.
I have a bunch of Stone bottles I've reused for homebrews several times over and have never had an issue with chipping or flaking.
And the other side is.... make sure they;re properly rinsed before useing them.

 

You're probably over reacting. If you'd like, you can remove the paint by soaking in a 1oz:1gal solution of star-san for 24 hours, followed by some scrubbing.

 

Have you done this or are you guessing? I know Star san is an acid and eventually it SHOULD work, but does it really?

 

Can someone explain to me how star san is good at removing the paint off of bottles but it is perfectly safe inside your bottle (after sanitizing) to mix with your beer before bottling? I would imagine its a concentration thing but i do get nervous seeing those foaming bubbles inside my bottle before i clamp that cap on.

 

I wouldn't do this..... Cadmium is pretty darn toxic:

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/cadmium/index.html

and, if you want spare bottles come visit me, I can give you some bottles that had paper labels that were washed off.

 

I've heard hydrochloric acid works well to remove the paint. I know oxyclean and starsan haven't worked for me. I wouldn't bother.

 

Paint-thinner?

 

When in doubt, recycle them. From lots of experience working with really toxic shit, the less exposure to anything bad, the better. I wouldn't doubt acetone would remove the paint, but in the end, if it were me I'd wouldn't chance any trace material ending up in your beer (I'm probably overly paranoid).

Plus its your beer, do you want to serve it in bottles that look like they came from another brewery to save a little bit of money? (Note I reuse bottles profusely, just never really liked serving stuff from labeled brewery bottles).

 

Last I checked, the paint is on the outside of the bottles...If you are really worried about the Cadmium leeching into your beer, modify your sanitation to only rinse the inside (instead of dunking the entire bottle).

 

Just out of curiosity, does it say "state of California warning" or something along those lines? I know they label damn near everything that may or may not be toxic (I'm recalling cell phone labels about radiation). I've reused Stone bottles for homebrew without thinking twice about it. Unless you're eating the paint chips on a daily basis I can't imagine it would be an issue in your cleaning/sanitation cycle.

 

I re-use stone bottles all the time. Never had an issue. And as Hands22 said, in Cali, everything causes cancer.

 

I use my stone bottles over and over. I'm still here and brewing. RDWHAHB!

 

If you feel it would be an issue I would steer clear of those bottles all together. Tell your beer friends to donate there empties to you. If I were close I'd get u a ton.

 

Sort of on topic, how many times do you guys re-use your bottles?

 

'til they break.

 

indefinitely. I haven't had one break, yet, but, I would definitely take a broken bottle out of circulation.

 

Sometimes you can get an infected bottle, too. I do beers with fresh fruit and spices, and once.in a long while one bottle will consistently end in a gusher. When that happens I mark it, and if it happens again it gets tossed.

I'm not about to autoclave it, so I just toss it, but a sixer and make a new bottle.

 

reviving an oooooold thread because I am curious, have they done away with the cadmium on the bottles now? i dont see this warning on any of their bottles anymore.