Guyot Bottle Question

[The Warrior]

I have a 38oz Guyot bottle, and a twig stove. My question is this. Is there a way to prevent the bottle from blackening, or at least an easy way to clean it up after use? Seems I read somewhere once that applying soap to the bottle before putting it into a fire will make it easier to clean. Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[Murphnuge]

Dubz, I'm tagging this because I'm new to cooking with my Guyot. Hopefully I can piggyback and learn somethin'. Hope you don't mind the extra weight!

 

[powells85]

Maybe a nice polished finish would help? Just thinking that the smoother surface would have shallower scratches on it and make it harder for things to stick to the surface.

 

[KuRUpTD]

I usually just use a brillo pad when cleaning mine - some folks paint their bottles with a high heat paint like rust-oleum.

 

[PayetteRucker]

scotchbrite pad takes that stuff right off. Just got done scrubbing down my German surplus aluminum mess kit from my trip this weekend. A scotchbrite is something worth packing in your possibles kit because you can clean your gear before packing it home, IE getting your ruck all sooty.

 

[Ravaillac]

No obvious solution here.

Yes, you can use linseed oil soap to coat the outside before cooking which prevent residues from sticking. I've done it in the past but that's messy, not very efficient and in the end quite annoying. I've seen people cover their pot with tin foil but in the end that's a lot of tin foil.

Also depends on the type of wood you're using: dry hardwood tends to produce less residues while resinous and/or wet wood while produce more sticky residue.
Also generally better (hotter) combustion means less residues.

Best solution imo are
* to carry a scotch brite type cleaner (can also be done with grass and sand)
and/or
* have plastic bag so you don't soil rest of your gear.

 

[Raymond1000]

I’ve never tried it, but spreading liquid dishwashing soap over the bottle/pot first is supposed to make it easy to clean afterwards.

I’d like to know how that works.

 

[foxx]

Sandy soil would scrub it as well, depends on your location. I painted one of mine, black spray paint, and put it in the fire. It wasn't too sooty, and the paint held up well, a few flakes came off.
It's gonna get some resins from the wood, and the soot seems to stick to that, otherwise, a scouring pad will make it shiny again. Like said, there's no easy solution, unless you use a stove. Maybe a small grill would keep it from direct contact with the coals, but unless you already carry that, you're just adding weight.

 

[iahunter3]

In Scouts we used the dishsoap method. It works OK, but again is messy to clean up and needs to be applied/cleaned each use.

 

[Raymond1000]

How about wrapping the bottle with aluminum foil?

Between campfires, fold the foil soot side in.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Either apply dish soap to the outside of it, or carry a small square of scotchbrite scrubby with you. Weighs nothing, takes up no space.

 

[The Warrior]

Wow, lotsa responses. Thanks guys. The best solution seems to be the Scotchbrite pad.

 

[WJC01]

I do not boil in a bottle but for my ss cups I put it back in the pouch with a plastic walmart/kroger/shopping bag and use an SOS soap pad at home.

 

[Snakedoc]

Bro, if you're gonna use it with the fatwood you will be getting a sticky pine residue on the bottle as well.

I use the fatwood to get the fire going and let it burn off before I put the bottle on to boil.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Yeah. Fatwood is great for STARTING the fire, but not soe easy on your cookware if you use it to FEED the fire.

 

[Codger_64]

Yeah. Fatwood is great for STARTING the fire, but not soe easy on your cookware if you use it to FEED the fire.

I agree. Besides, I find the pine resin taste to be disagreeable in my food. Best to let your fire burn to coals and use that to cook over anyway, even with hardwood or any stray unidentified wood. Far less smoke and soot on your pots. I tend to "grow" my campfire sideways with the flames on one side and hot coals on the other for cooking. This may all change somewhat when I get the Emberlit stove I ordered. One plus about using my micro gas stove is the lack of soot. And yes to the plastic bag over sooty pots before putting them into stuff sacks.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

I don't mind my food tasting a little like pine smoke--heck, one of my favorite teas is lapsang souchong!--but eating creosote is bad for you any way you look at it, so I try to keep it to a minimum.

 

[The Warrior]

I only use fatwood to get it going is all. Also, I bought a Belgian gas mask bag specifically for my twig stove: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/890105-Belgian-Gas-Mask-Bag?p=10086722#post10086722