A good "buy some time" solution for the Hunan arms is a topical pain relief med like Solarcaine or Bactine. If it works on sunburn, it will work on chiles :-) If your bottling temp is good, the boiling the clean bottles is a bit of overkill most times. Reasoning it out- the 195 F you're taking the sauce up to to kill the bacteria will also kill any that might have strayed into the bottles. -Jim C http://www.StepUpForCharity.org Mild to Wild(R)