Cleaning SOP? Removal of pesticides from equipment

There are several go tos for glassware cleaning in an organic lab.

I would recommend an isopropyl alcohol/solid KOH base bath. You can do this in a 5 gallon polypropylene bucket. There should be a recipe online or DM me for mine. Use long protective gloves (I use butyl rubber). Soak for a few hours to overnight, then wash with water until the base residue is gone. Then water with Alconox detergent, you wash with an acidic chemistry detergent too. Citranox is one such brand. After detergent, DI water, and then acetone. Dry in hot oven = done.

Nuclear option is aqua regia, nitric acid in HCl, but I’ve only ever needed this to clean filter funnels. This is a potentially dangerous reagent and don’t use it with a fumehood and proper PPE.

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