Corny Keg Parts Cleaning Hack

[rmleer]

Along with my Corny Keg pouring hack, I have found a good way to clean/rinse the tiny parts for corny kegs (rubber washers, poppets).

I always thought it was a little annoying to try to hold the small rubber pieces and poppet parts in my fingers and spray/rinse them of pbw and cleaning solutions. I figured out an easier way to rinse them.

Everyone has whirlfloc tab and irish moss containers laying around so what I did was drill a bunch of small holes in the bottom of these containers. Holes small enough that the pieces can't get through but enough of them where the water from a hose or faucet can freely escape the bottom without shooting out the top.

The mouth of the whirlfloc containers is about the size of the hose sprayer I use in my basement and is close to the size of a faucet head too. You just load up the small parts in the container and give it a spray. It was always tricky to hold on to these with Blichmann gloves and doing multiple parts at a time, now you can!

 

[TallDan]

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[mmb]

Interesting.

A quick soak in starsan after a oxyclean/hot water soak and rinse has worked for me. The missus keeps losing track of her pyrex mixing bowls.

 

[jddevinn]

I like to just put them in tea balls https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014KJ5WLI/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 in the keg cleaner pump bucket.