I have a stainless chiller coming today. What should I clean it with? ...and don't say wort.
Hey Ken...
#1
Posted 29 September 2017 - 01:42 PM
#2
Posted 29 September 2017 - 02:06 PM
What if you boiled it in water and then let the water cool and tasted it? The first run would probably have some taste to it. If you get to the point where you boil it in water and the water has no off-taste... you're ready to brew. I think.
#3
Posted 29 September 2017 - 02:26 PM
#4
Posted 29 September 2017 - 02:33 PM
#5
Posted 29 September 2017 - 03:37 PM
Thanks. Maybe a long hot soak in Oxiclean?
#6
Posted 29 September 2017 - 03:40 PM
I was going to suggest that too but I think you really need to raise the heat on it. After I hosed that batch I believe I brought a big pot of water to a boil and put the chiller in there and let it go for awhile. I wasn't sure if the original soak in 212° wort was enough so I boiled it in water before I used it a second time and the following batch was okay. So my guess is that you don't really have to work that hard to get it cleaned up.Thanks. Maybe a long hot soak in Oxiclean?
#7
Posted 29 September 2017 - 05:01 PM
I wasn't really joking about the lye. It will saponify any oil. If you're concerned about the lye safety, washing soda will also make soap out of any oils; it will just take longer. And of course, oxyclean becomes washing soda after it's done bubbling.
#8
Posted 29 September 2017 - 05:57 PM
If you think it's gonna have oil on it and don't want to feck around, soak it in a 10% lye solution. (Be careful!) Rinse well and soak with barkeepers friend solution.
I think I'd go PBW (hot double strength) rinse, soak in vinegar or starsan.
#9
Posted 29 September 2017 - 07:37 PM
Run it through a cycle in the dishwasher
#10
Posted 30 September 2017 - 10:34 AM
Craftmeister alkaline
#11
Posted 01 October 2017 - 08:41 AM
As in isopropyl alcohol.
#12
Posted 01 October 2017 - 02:54 PM
I soaked it in hot TSP and then scrubbed it with a nylon brush. Then I repeated the same thing with oxiclean. Seems like that should do the trick.
#13
Posted 01 October 2017 - 03:22 PM
I soaked it in hot TSP and then scrubbed it with a nylon brush. Then I repeated the same thing with oxiclean. Seems like that should do the trick.
this seems backwards to my thinking, but what do I know
#14
Posted 01 October 2017 - 05:14 PM
this seems backwards to my thinking, but what do I know
Not sure why that would be backwards but I used the TSP per the manufacturer's recommendation. Then, after a scrub and rinse, I threw it in a bucket of hot oxiclean I just finished cleaning brewing stuff in.
#15
Posted 01 October 2017 - 05:21 PM
Not sure why that would be backwards but I used the TSP per the manufacturer's recommendation. Then, after a scrub and rinse, I threw it in a bucket of hot oxiclean I just finished cleaning brewing stuff in.
my brain was thinking Starsan, not TSP
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