Power brush

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brad mercer
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Location: Rockingham WA

Power brush

Post by brad mercer »

I would like to share with you my time saving devise I “engineered” last night after taking delivery of 120 very dirty stubbies for use tonight….
All you need is:
The standard bottle brush
An electric (or battery) drill
One pair of pliers
One Stanley knife
One bandaid.
Using the pliers cut off the hoop from the end of the plastic handle of the bottle brush.
Using the Stanley knife shape the new end into d square. Using the bandaid repair the damage to ones hand coursed by said Stanley knife. Insert newly designed bottle brush into power drill.
Cut my bottle scrubbing time down by at least ½.
Cheers,
Brad.
DFRDB4ME
alangman
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Location: Adelaide

Post by alangman »

I did this last week! It is great and gets the buggers as clean as the day they were b... er, cast. But, you'll find that if you use a high speed drill (mains power) that you break the shaft of the bottle brush fairly often. So, I'd advise using a cordless drill for this job. Good to keep the 240V away from wet areas too ;)

Still have to go and buy another bottle brush.....

Cheers,

Adam L
Chris
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Post by Chris »

Good idea.

I've never actually needed to use my bottle brush though. I've never scrubbed a bottle in my life.
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lethaldog
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Post by lethaldog »

Chris wrote:Good idea.

I've never actually needed to use my bottle brush though. I've never scrubbed a bottle in my life.
Me either, just a good rinse on emptying and steralise when needed :lol:
biased99
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Post by biased99 »

Brad,

DFRDB4ME = Good4u!

*laughs*
Given the choice of "Premium" beers sold for $11.50 per 330Ml, or my own home-brewed Coopers Sparkling, I'd choose...Hmmm, let me see now!
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Boonie
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Re: Power brush

Post by Boonie »

brad mercer wrote: One bandaid.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Great idea the Fastest bottle cleaner 8)
A homebrew is like a fart, only the brewer thinks it's great.
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