filmy carboy

[Dodgertown]

so I have a few carboys that no matter how much I clean them, when they dry they have this dull film, on the inside. It's pretty annoying. I have the carboy cleaner that goes on the drill.

Ugh, please advise.

 

[jaycount]

Have you tried a PBW or oxyclean extended soak?

 

[Kaz]

Could just be mineral film leftover from the rinse water evaporating. Are these glass or plastic? What do you clean and rinse them with? Mine are usually a little spotty/filmy on the inside. As long as there isn't chunks of crud still stuck inside, I just set them aside until its time to sanitize them and rack into them.

 

[Dodgertown]

I use Crosby & Baker's B-BRITE.

These are glass carboys. I'm a photographer, so I have a thing about clean glass, is this an issue? It's not chunky at all, lol. It's just a rainbow colored sheen, you're right, it's probablly from the rinse water. Will this have any ill effects?

 

[Dodgertown]

I've not tried any extended soaks.

 

[Kaz]

I don't think you'll have any problems. My normal procedure for cleaning glass and/or better bottles is a hot soak in Oxyclean Free, usually overnight followed by several warm rinses, let dry and cap until needed. If I find that the Oxyclean just doesn't get the job done, I'll do a hot soak in PBW and that almost always works. Either way, I almost always have spots and/or some leftover film from our hard water. If you it really bugs you, you could do a final rinse with distilled water, but that may still not get you perfectly clear glass.

 

[Dodgertown]

Yeah, thats what I was thinking distilled water, but maybe some extra rinses will do.

Do you ever use your dishwasher?

 

[AxisDenied]

I do for bottles, then store them in boxes - Sanitize before filling them and away you go!

 

[Dodgertown]

ever have any residue from the dishwasher?

 

[jspence1]

I get a film when I use oxiclean, I switched to pbw and have no film issues. A little acid in the carboy will remove the film.

 

[Dodgertown]

Acid? Some lemon water?

 

[BeerEagle]

Acid? Some lemon water?

Or Star San - two birds with one solution.