Photopilot
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I have heard in the past people not liking glass on going to BBs or other options. Reasons sited was stories of dropping, breakage, etc. I thought hearing these stories, its simple don't "that" (whatever caused the CB to break).
I actually don't really use carboys very much now as I am fermenting in Sankes now. Somehow i now have amassed 10 carboys though, Bang! now 9.
I has brewed two 5 gallon batches a while back and had 2 carboys as well as a sanke to clean that I had left sitting with slury in the bottom. I started by heating up a couple of gallons to boiling. Added this to my carboy cleaner with some cleaning solution. I took the first carboy outside and rinsed it out with some water from the hose, which was closer to freezing than boiling. You see where I am going with this don't you. I placed the carboy on top of the cleaner and turned it on. I was bent over holding the carboy with my face inches away from it and I guess 2-3 seconds after turning on the carboy cleaner the carboy made a loud bang and pieces flew everywhere.
Most pieces were 1-2 feet away with some as far as 4 feet away. Fortunately I did not get any shards in my face or get cut (until I tried to clean up). I cleaned up the glass then ran the sanke through the cleaning process. For the next carboy I used hot faucet water to rinse it out before cleaning on the cleaner and it worked okay.
I took some photos will post them later.
I actually don't really use carboys very much now as I am fermenting in Sankes now. Somehow i now have amassed 10 carboys though, Bang! now 9.
I has brewed two 5 gallon batches a while back and had 2 carboys as well as a sanke to clean that I had left sitting with slury in the bottom. I started by heating up a couple of gallons to boiling. Added this to my carboy cleaner with some cleaning solution. I took the first carboy outside and rinsed it out with some water from the hose, which was closer to freezing than boiling. You see where I am going with this don't you. I placed the carboy on top of the cleaner and turned it on. I was bent over holding the carboy with my face inches away from it and I guess 2-3 seconds after turning on the carboy cleaner the carboy made a loud bang and pieces flew everywhere.
Most pieces were 1-2 feet away with some as far as 4 feet away. Fortunately I did not get any shards in my face or get cut (until I tried to clean up). I cleaned up the glass then ran the sanke through the cleaning process. For the next carboy I used hot faucet water to rinse it out before cleaning on the cleaner and it worked okay.
I took some photos will post them later.
