How do you keep your faucets from sticking?
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 09:33 PM
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 09:35 PM
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 09:36 PM
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 09:44 PM
I was waiting for a legit response...Pull harder! The forward sealing faucets make it a lot easier though.Do you guys have problems wit your faucets sticking after you haven't pulled a pint for a few days? If so, how do you deal with it?My taps have been down for a few months. I had just set them up again last year after several years, then my CF died . Anywho, in the few months I was using them I was continuously having this problem. I really had to yank those suckers to get them to move after a few days sitting idle. It's not surprising really, when you look at the design of the faucets. Hopefully there's an easy solution that one of you smart folks has already come up with so I don't have to figure it out.
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 09:48 PM
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 09:52 PM
I swore I was gonna break the handle off once or twice, but I always won in the end.I was waiting for a legit response...Pull harder! The forward sealing faucets make it a lot easier though.
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 09:55 PM
drink more oftenproblem solvedI swore I was gonna break the handle off once or twice, but I always won in the end.
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 09:57 PM
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 10:06 PM
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Posted 16 June 2009 - 10:51 PM
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 02:57 AM
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 04:24 AM
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 05:10 AM
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 05:50 AM
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 06:16 AM
I did the same thing with the star san. It cleans things out a little better, but it didn't help with the sticking.I have forward seals, so no sticking problems, but I do have big issues with fruit flies in the taps during the summer. (Taps are in the garage.) I solve that by keeping a spray bottle of starsan next to the keggerator and spraying some up into the nozzle after I've had my last beer for the night. It rinses out the beer so the flies don't come around. Doing similar might rinse out the beer in your case so it doesn't dry and get sticky.Just a thought.
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 06:17 AM
I generally pull and hand clean them between kegs.Once you get your faucet open run hot water through the faucet to ungunk them. Once they are nice and clean again they will work fine. I have a nice bottle that came with my kegerator for cleaning the faucet and line. If you don't have something like this put hot water in a keg and run that through. After each keg if kicked I flush the line with hot water to keep the system clean.
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 06:50 AM
I tried that last year, it killed the head on all my beers until I pulled the faucets and cleaned it all off. definately helped with the sticking though.I was thinking of greasing up the sliding parts with a thin coating of food grade silicone grease (haha, that's what she said). I don't know how long it would last, but it's worth a shot, I guess.
I do this, and it helps, but to stay stick free I also spray the slider button on the front. I think that's where much of the sticking comes from, that front part getting glued in place on the housing by dried sugars. Since adopting the up the nozzle and front button starsan rinse I haven't had any sticking problems.EDIT: also fixes the fly problem as George says, as my fridge is in the garage also....spray bottle of starsan next to the keggerator and spraying some up into the nozzle after I've had my last beer for the night. It rinses out the beer so the flies don't come around. Doing similar might rinse out the beer in your case so it doesn't dry and get sticky.
Edited by Kremer, 17 June 2009 - 06:51 AM.
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 07:09 AM
Huh, bummer.I tried that last year, it killed the head on all my beers until I pulled the faucets and cleaned it all off. definately helped with the sticking though.
I agree that's where the problem is. I'm thinking maybe I'll try a three pronged approach. 1.) Star-San up the pipe. (get your mind out of the gutter!)2.) Goop the gap around the front button with silicone grease.3.) Jam a rubber stopper up the spout.That should prevent anything from drying out in the faucet. Things may get funly in there though. Hopefully the star san is enough to keep things clean.I do this, and it helps, but to stay stick free I also spray the slider button on the front. I think that's where much of the sticking comes from, that front part getting glued in place on the housing by dried sugars. Since adopting the up the nozzle and front button starsan rinse I haven't had any sticking problems.EDIT: also fixes the fly problem as George says, as my fridge is in the garage also.
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Posted 17 June 2009 - 07:26 AM
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