Hey all,
I just got through a 36 hour cleaning binge with my 5 "new" cornies, and I have two separate questions I was hoping for input on:
1) The only parts I didn't keep separated when were cleaning were the dip tubes; now, I've got four kegs which any of the five dip tubes will fit nicely in, and one keg which won't accept ANY of them -- they just get wickedly stuck about 1/4 of the way in. Of course, I only discovered this after trying to FORCE a dip tube in, scratching it to high heaven in the process (whoops). Is there an easy solution? My first thought was to drill out the post opening, but that seemed drastic...
2) So it looks like all of my kegs are firestone. This means that each and every poppet is a total jerk and takes an incredible amount of effort to coax out, teeny tiny leg by teeny tiny leg, and then just as much effort to make sure the legs are in the right shape to sit back on the ledge inside the post when they go back in. Urgh! From what I can tell, MOST kegs just have the poppet fall right out. Does anyone have any helpful advice for making removing these poppets less of a total pain in the rear?
I just got through a 36 hour cleaning binge with my 5 "new" cornies, and I have two separate questions I was hoping for input on:
1) The only parts I didn't keep separated when were cleaning were the dip tubes; now, I've got four kegs which any of the five dip tubes will fit nicely in, and one keg which won't accept ANY of them -- they just get wickedly stuck about 1/4 of the way in. Of course, I only discovered this after trying to FORCE a dip tube in, scratching it to high heaven in the process (whoops). Is there an easy solution? My first thought was to drill out the post opening, but that seemed drastic...
2) So it looks like all of my kegs are firestone. This means that each and every poppet is a total jerk and takes an incredible amount of effort to coax out, teeny tiny leg by teeny tiny leg, and then just as much effort to make sure the legs are in the right shape to sit back on the ledge inside the post when they go back in. Urgh! From what I can tell, MOST kegs just have the poppet fall right out. Does anyone have any helpful advice for making removing these poppets less of a total pain in the rear?