arturo7
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I have a pinlock 'beer out.' post that could use a thorough cleaning. How do you disassemble this thing?
Cleaning a Pinlock Post
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tlarham
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Is it a Firestone or Cornelius keg?
I found while rebuilding mine that the Cornelius brand posts have poppets that tap right out when pushed from the top. Soak and scrub with a brush.
Firestone (and some other) brands have poppets that are permanently set in the post. To clean these I soaked in oxyclean and scrubbed with a stiff toothbrush to clean. Qtips worked well also, or the tip of a dip tube brush.
Hope this helps.
-- T.
I found while rebuilding mine that the Cornelius brand posts have poppets that tap right out when pushed from the top. Soak and scrub with a brush.
Firestone (and some other) brands have poppets that are permanently set in the post. To clean these I soaked in oxyclean and scrubbed with a stiff toothbrush to clean. Qtips worked well also, or the tip of a dip tube brush.
Hope this helps.
-- T.
kaiser423
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If you haven't taken it off the keg, you either need to be very careful with with a wrench, or buy/make a specially modified socket. I found a guy on ebay selling them for like $8, so I bought a couple.
Otherwise, once off, mine pretty much fall apart. I give them a good rinse off till clean, and then a starsan spritz before putting them back together and onto the keg.
Otherwise, once off, mine pretty much fall apart. I give them a good rinse off till clean, and then a starsan spritz before putting them back together and onto the keg.
