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Old 05-29-2008, 05:59 PM   #1
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Just wondering what everyones opinion is about their favorit line cleaner pros and cons. Just got a get set up and I am looking for pointers on line and faucet cleaning. Thanks.


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I am in the same boat and would like to know as well.


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I bought the kegerator cleaning kit from AustinHomebrew and love it. I also made sure to get the extra recommended line cleaning brush as well. I know a lot of people just use a spare keg, but I don't have any I could dedicate to cleaning.
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I use BLC for cleaning my lines.
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I've never cleaned my lines...there's always beer flowing through them...
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Every once in a while, usually after cleaning a keg, I run an oxyclean mixture through my lines. I follow that with water. It doesn't take long at all, so I probably should do it more often than I do.
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I put about a gallon of dilute oxyclean in an empty keg and wash out my lines that way. Chase it with some water (again in the keg), and then a shot of Starsan from the keg.
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I put about a gallon of dilute oxyclean in an empty keg and wash out my lines that way. Chase it with some water (again in the keg), and then a shot of Starsan from the keg.
That is my exact procedure too, but I just bought some BLC for the occasional heavier duty cleaning.


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