kmudrick
Well-Known Member
I always have a hard time getting the insides of my racking, bottling etc tubes dry. Would love to hear others' techniques for this.
I use the windmill method.
Firmly grip tube so that neither end touches ground.
Make sure that you have around 6 feet of clear area around you. Swinging a cat by the tail works to make sure you won't hit anything important with the hose. If cat abruptly stops while checking area, move offending item and retest with cat.
Twirl tubing around in a circle, clockwise or anti-clockwise, until it makes a nifty whistling sound. Stop and check tubing for fluid. If present, re-apply twirling until dry.
More advanced users of technique use "cowboy" method, which is the same as "windmill" method, but the tubing is twirled over your head. Care must be taken not to hit your Significant Other in the face with tubing, as that can ruin your whole brew day.
Sorry, honey. It won't happen again....
I blow compressed air through mine.
Twirl tubing around in a circle, clockwise or anti-clockwise, until it makes a nifty whistling sound. Stop and check tubing for fluid. If present, re-apply twirling until dry.
hmmm anti-clockwise. I'm curious, when anti-clockwise and clockwise come together does time stop? or maybe just a big explosion
you guys dry it out? I just flush it real good with water and make sure it's clean, then flush it with my sanitizer, empty it out as best I can then back into storage until next time. It's always still wet on the inside when I get it back out, but then I just flush it real good with sanitizer again and go on my merry way.
Do I need to start windmilling or cowboying the thing?
If this is the case, what I do must be wrong. After flushing it out, I fill the tube with fresh Star San and join the two ends with a one inch long piece of rigid tube. I store mine full of sanitizer. No problems so far.I would not want to leave water or sanitizer in it.
If this is the case, what I do must be wrong. After flushing it out, I fill the tube with fresh Star San and join the two ends with a one inch long piece of rigid tube. I store mine full of sanitizer. No problems so far.
Before I started sealing it full of sanitize, I would always get water spots no matter how much I spun it around and I'm always afraid that sticking anything in the tube to clean it will scratch and make places for bacteria to grow. Since leaving it full of Star San I haven’t seen any haze or spots and have not noticed any film.. . . if you keep it sealed, it won't dry part way, it'll stay sealed and be less likely to denature.
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