ronllave

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My corny keg has black rubber on the top and bottom. It leaves black marks everywhere it touches, including my hands and the floor. It doesn't affect the beer at all but it gets really annoying after a while working with black rubber all over your hands and marks all over my tile floor. Has anybody experienced this or does anybody have any recommendations for me? I'm wondering if I just bought a poorly-made keg. Thanks

Soperbrew

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Mine do the same. I've started to wear cleaning gloves when I handle them.

HBHoss

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Some of mine do and some don't. I think it's the oxidation of the rubber/plastic and it will wear off eventually. I suppose you could scrub it with a cleaner and see if that helps.

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You bought an old keg. The rubber starts to deteriorate, and then it becomes a big, deranged, not-so-magic marker. Given enough time, they all do that. Put some tape around it.

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Yep, old keg...seen its share of hot/cold/sunlight/water on the rubber parts. I've heard (never tried it, sorry), that you can slow the deterioration, and help with the black rubber dust/film getting everywhere by removing as much of the completely damaged rubber as possible by polishing or very lightly sanding it, and then soaking the rubber in power steering fluid. Unfortunately what's done is done, and this won't magically heal the remaining rubber - this will just get rid of the completely destroyed layer of rubber, and help protect what's left.

Can't really advise you to try it...but it's what I've heard.

philrose

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I can't believe I never thought of that. Thanks yuri!

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ronllave

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The simplest solutions are usually the best. I'm busting out the duck tape!

jtrainer

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I used to hand polish the rubber using peanut oil. The rag gets black and the oil does something to the rubber. I recently used a small buffing wheel on a drill to polish/buff the rubber. That worked great and no more black marks.

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oxy-clean and a stiff brush will remove the oxidation. don't do the tape. it will come off eventally and leave sticky residue behind

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I've had success with oxyclean and a 3m scrubby pad. You just have to take the deteriorated layer off. I also rubbed in some "bumper black" car polish, very nice....

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