On Dec 18, 4:37 am, wrote:
On Dec 17, 7:10 pm, "Paul E. Lehmann" wrote:

You are kidding, aren't you?
Use as is. I don't know anyone who waits until
they are dry.

Worse yet, if they're allowed to dry they could actually become
contaminated again. I would never let the bottles dry, nor would I
rinse them after sanitizing them. What's the point of sanitizing them
if you're just going to rinse them again?

My obsessive-compulsive tendencies drive me to do repeated tap water
rinses followed by repeated distilled water rinses followed by a final
rinse with a sulfite solution made with distilled water. As soon as
possible after this I start filling and corking.

Greg G.
If you really want them to dry, you could do what I do with manual
washing and rinse them well under very very hot water. The heat tends
to evaporate the water off quicker than cold rinses. I must admit I
would go with the other posters if possible and bottle once rinsed.

For this reason I de-label and rinse through on different days so that
my rinsing can coincide with bottling...

Jim