Cleaning Plastic Mash Tun

So I've been brewing for a long time now and it seems I've been noobing it up using dish soap on all my equipment to clean after brewing. I have a food grade hose hooked up outside to spray everything out afterwards with cold water. I have only used soap and every now and then BKF on my kettle when it needs polishing. I have not experienced no head retention in my beers, but i feel like it could be better.

What do you guys and girls use for your equipment? I will be using bkf for now on on all my metal but am confused on what household cleaner to use for plastic.

schoellhorn82 said:

So I've been brewing for a long time now and it seems I've been noobing it up using dish soap on all my equipment to clean after brewing. I have a food grade hose hooked up outside to spray everything out afterwards with cold water. I have only used soap and every now and then BKF on my kettle when it needs polishing. I have not experienced no head retention in my beers, but i feel like it could be better. What do you guys and girls use for your equipment? I will be using bkf for now on on all my metal but am confused on what household cleaner to use for plastic.

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PBW or OXY are the usual cleaners used by most

That ^

Plus washing soda, for me.

I just hose out my mash tun after use. I dont use any cleaner on it. When I take out my ball valve, I let that soak in Oxy but thats about it.

Everything that comes out of there will be boiled anyway.

When I was using a cooler mash tun, I put 30 batches through it with nothing but a good spray out with the garden hose.

davekippen said:

I just hose out my mash tun after use. I dont use any cleaner on it. When I take out my ball valve, I let that soak in Oxy but thats about it. Everything that comes out of there will be boiled anyway.

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Bobby_M said:

When I was using a cooler mash tun, I put 30 batches through it with nothing but a good spray out with the garden hose.

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This and this.

I use a sponge sometimes to help loosen any stubborn crud, but I just rinse my mash tun and kettle with plain old water.