how to clean a blow off tube?

amishland · Feb 17, 2008

I have a blow off tube that has sat for about ten days attached to my primary.

I racked to secondary, and am trying to clean my blow off tube. I soaked it in oxyclean last night and no luck.

any suggestions?

Dr Vorlauf · Feb 17, 2008

Rinse the oxyclean off really good and go back in with a concentrate bleach solution in warm water

Blender · Feb 17, 2008

Here, read through this one >> https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=560117#post560117

Schlenkerla · Feb 17, 2008

I use an overnight soak in bleach water.

I also use beer line cleaner from national chemical to flush out all my hoses before sanitizing & syphoning. Beer line cleaner will not scrub stubborn spots off of hoses. I mainly use it on syphon hoses that will do double-duty on brew day. Not to mix heffe yeasts / british bitters.

Nation Chem Inc. (BTF Idophor Makers):
http://nationalchemicals.com/store/template/index.php?SID=3d8ad5604e0049b998b3f667d5f67618

The line cleaner I use:
http://nationalchemicals.com/store/...p?IID=93&SID=3d8ad5604e0049b998b3f667d5f67618

wilserbrewer · Feb 18, 2008

Try a small wooden dowel w/ a tiny piece of rag taped on the end...or straighten a coat hanger and tape small rag / paaper towel on the end. Clean it like you would the barrel of a rifle.
Mike

TheClosetBrewery · Feb 19, 2008

You could use pipe cleaners to scrub it. If you go to a hardware store they should have ones in various sizes, rather than the colored ones used by primary school children.

biggenius29 · Feb 19, 2008

For my blow off lines I tie a string to my straight carboy cleaning brush, not the one that is L shapped. Then pull the brush through a couple of times after the hose has been sitting in a oxiclean solution for a little while.

Padstack31 · Feb 19, 2008

my hardware store sells this stuff for super cheap...less then a $1 a foot...I would just replace it

lustreking · Feb 19, 2008

Use a bigger tube in smaller sections? Very easy to clean

http://brewing.lustreking.com/gear/bbbot.html

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