HausBrauerei_Harvey
Well-Known Member
I just made a really nice looking mash paddle (sorry no pictures available) with a piece of red-oak from home depot.
I was heating some water last night cleaning the CFC I just made, and I threw the mash paddle in the near-boiling water in an attempt to clean/prep it for the brew-day tomorrow. The water turned a strong shade of green from the junk coming out of the wood, yuck!
I know wood well but did not expect that to happen. I have done nothing but router/sand this piece of oak, so what should I do to prep it for use? I was thinking of just getting a good 10 gallons of water boiling in my keggle so I can near fully immerse the wood and boil it for a while to get the stank out of it.
I also have some butcher block oil for my butcher block but am hesitant to put anything on my paddle.
Thoughts/suggestions?
Thanks
Steve
I was heating some water last night cleaning the CFC I just made, and I threw the mash paddle in the near-boiling water in an attempt to clean/prep it for the brew-day tomorrow. The water turned a strong shade of green from the junk coming out of the wood, yuck!
I know wood well but did not expect that to happen. I have done nothing but router/sand this piece of oak, so what should I do to prep it for use? I was thinking of just getting a good 10 gallons of water boiling in my keggle so I can near fully immerse the wood and boil it for a while to get the stank out of it.
I also have some butcher block oil for my butcher block but am hesitant to put anything on my paddle.
Thoughts/suggestions?
Thanks
Steve