Sanitizing primary with Iodophor

supermoth · 01-31-2009, 10:00 PM

Do I remember correctly that Iodophor sanitizes on contact? Does that mean I can just pour a small amount in my primary and shake well to make sure the entire inside surface has been covered?

Blender · 01-31-2009, 10:07 PM

Iodaphor takes 90 seconds or so to sanitize. You can swirl it around once or twice so that the liquid makes contact with the surfaces. It is not a cleaner.

How much is a small amount?

**Revvy** · 01-31-2009, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by supermoth

Do I remember correctly that Iodophor sanitizes on contact? Does that mean I can just pour a small amount in my primary and shake well to make sure the entire inside surface has been covered?

You need to dilute it to it's proper concentration (1 tbs/5 gallons)

THere's some good info in this thread.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/sanitizer-question-54932/

supermoth · 01-31-2009, 10:22 PM

Thanks for that thread, Revvy, I think it confirms what was floating around in the back of my memory, which is that a working concentration of Iodophor will sanitize (not clean), pretty much on contact. I followed the instructions on the bottle to dilute with 1 tsp in 1.5 gallons of water.

By a small amount, Blender, I imagined filling my primary with an inch or so of dilute iodophor and sloshing to make sure all surfaces have been covered. This is only a 1-gallon primary, though... (what does that make me? a femto-brewer?)

**Revvy** · 01-31-2009, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by supermoth

Thanks for that thread, Revvy, I think it confirms what was floating around in the back of my memory, which is that a working concentration of Iodophor will sanitize (not clean), pretty much on contact. I followed the instructions on the bottle to dilute with 1 tsp in 1.5 gallons of water.

By a small amount, Blender, I imagined filling my primary with an inch or so of dilute iodophor and sloshing to make sure all surfaces have been covered. This is only a 1-gallon primary, though... (what does that make me? a femto-brewer?)

If you had splashed undiluted around, I don't now if it would have killed, but it would have stained something nasty, and would probably have affected the taste of the brew bigtime...But on the other hand, if the ever dropped the big one, bottles of your brew would be quite valuable as a protection against radiation sickness.

supermoth · 01-31-2009, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Revvy

If you had splashed undiluted around, I don't now if it would have killed, but it would have stained something nasty, and would probably have affected the taste of the brew bigtime...But on the other hand, if the ever dropped the big one, bottles of your brew would be quite valuable as a protection against radiation sickness.

It would have also protected me against goiter!