I'm assuming it's ok to soak a keggle in PBW overnight?????
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, Jul 23 2010 11:33 AM
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:37 AM
Yes it is. What type of stain or residue are you trying to clean?
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:42 AM
I think you'll be alrightI'm assuming it's ok to soak a keggle in PBW overnight?????
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:43 AM
Beer stone and burnt wort on the inside of the keggle.Yes it is. What type of stain or residue are you trying to clean?
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:44 AM
Use Star-San. Soak for a few hours or overnight and then you can wipe the beer stone out with a sponge.
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 05:13 AM
I wash my kettle as normal( normal dish washing soap),that gets most of the crud off. As far as beer stone,I use straight up white vinegar,maybe a cup or two. Let that sit for about 5 mins and just rub the areas where the beer stone is with your hand or sponge and it just comes right off no problems. This is pretty much the same thing that MTN said, seeing as the Star-San is an acid the same as vinegar. Vinegar is cheap and it works good and fast. JMO ,cheers
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Posted 26 July 2010 - 08:08 AM
I left my Better Bottles and a glass carboy soaking in Oxy (the majority of PBW is the same as oxy) while I went on vacation. They'll be in there about 10 days before I get back to drain them.I have salt/resin-softened water, though. If you have hard water don't leave Oxy or PBW soaking more than a couple days. It will cause a precipitate to form on the sides. This seems to happen especially with glass, where it looks like the glass is frosted. If that does happen, it's relatively easy to remove with vinegar, but it's a PITA.
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Posted 26 July 2010 - 08:13 AM
which is it?I left my Better Bottles and a glass carboy soaking in Oxy (the majority of PBW is the same as oxy) while I went on vacation. They'll be in there about 10 days before I get back to drain them.I have salt/resin-softened water, though. If you have hard water don't leave Oxy or PBW soaking more than a couple days. It will cause a precipitate to form on the sides. This seems to happen especially with glass, where it looks like the glass is frosted. If that does happen, it's relatively easy to remove with vinegar, but it's a PITA.
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Posted 26 July 2010 - 01:36 PM
I like your vinegar idea, but soap scares me.I wash my kettle as normal( normal dish washing soap),that gets most of the crud off. As far as beer stone,I use straight up white vinegar,maybe a cup or two. Let that sit for about 5 mins and just rub the areas where the beer stone is with your hand or sponge and it just comes right off no problems. This is pretty much the same thing that MTN said, seeing as the Star-San is an acid the same as vinegar. Vinegar is cheap and it works good and fast. JMO ,cheers
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