fredman730
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I had a carboy that had a thick crust of super-dried krausen in it that I filled with water to let soak. Life happened and it was a month before I got back to the carboy. Now I had other "things" growing in the carboy but the krausen was pretty soft.
So, I drained the carboy and while refilling with water I added 4 oz of OxiClean as my first test of the product. Krausen remainder and other things cleaned up pretty well ... but ... now I have a deposit of something inside the carboy that looks like lime deposits. I live in San Antonio and we have pretty hard water from what I understand. You can actually hear the difference between when scrubbing clear glass vs. the "limed" areas with a brush.
So, I'm wondering if what I'm seeing is a lime deposit that's actually been building up over time and went unnoticed until the OxiClean really make it stand out?
I intend to put vinegar in the carboy to see if that'll help loosen the deposits but really want to get the issues resolved before brewing another batch and without declaring the carboy as history.
Thoughts?
So, I drained the carboy and while refilling with water I added 4 oz of OxiClean as my first test of the product. Krausen remainder and other things cleaned up pretty well ... but ... now I have a deposit of something inside the carboy that looks like lime deposits. I live in San Antonio and we have pretty hard water from what I understand. You can actually hear the difference between when scrubbing clear glass vs. the "limed" areas with a brush.
So, I'm wondering if what I'm seeing is a lime deposit that's actually been building up over time and went unnoticed until the OxiClean really make it stand out?
I intend to put vinegar in the carboy to see if that'll help loosen the deposits but really want to get the issues resolved before brewing another batch and without declaring the carboy as history.
Thoughts?