Even more potent when mixed with hot cleaning vinegar.This stuff cleans stainless pots, pans, sinks, glass oven tops and porcelain with *ease*. Doesn't have a smell or it's very neutral. Wish I'd tried this years ago.
For $2.30 + tax (Fleet Farm), it's well worth it. Seems a little goes a long way.
I've always used Copper-Glo for those, which looks to be a similar product, especially made for copper cleaning/polishing, also containing Oxalic Acid, and perhaps less abrasive?
Next time you're over at Fleet Farm swing into the dairy section and check out their sanitizers and dairy equipment cleaners. All that stuff is for cleaning/sanitizing the stainless steel found at the farm, works great in the brewery too and a lot cheaper. Buying it by the gallon might not be ideal but it lasts a long time. I love Fleet Farm for many of my brewery needs!This stuff cleans stainless pots, pans, sinks, glass oven tops and porcelain with *ease*. Doesn't have a smell or it's very neutral. Wish I'd tried this years ago.
For $2.30 + tax (Fleet Farm), it's well worth it. Seems a little goes a long way.
Soak first, then scrub?
BKF is fantastic. I've heard that prolonged contact can harm steel, though - gotta rinse after a couple of minutes.
For beer stone removal without scrubbing I've had excellent success with citric acid solution (1 ounce by weight or volume per gallon).
It's fascinating how alkaline cleaners like PBW and Oxiclean work well for some tasks, and acid cleaners for others. I've heard that super tough cleaning problems can be solved with alternating use of these two types of cleaners.
Then there's the nasty resins and saps that require organic solvents (ranging from friendly vegetable oil to toxic&flammable petro-products like WD-40 and gasoline).
Happy cleaning!
Just ordered some citric acid! Thanks!BKF is fantastic. I've heard that prolonged contact can harm steel, though - gotta rinse after a couple of minutes.
For beer stone removal without scrubbing I've had excellent success with citric acid solution (1 ounce by weight or volume per gallon).
It's fascinating how alkaline cleaners like PBW and Oxiclean work well for some tasks, and acid cleaners for others. I've heard that super tough cleaning problems can be solved with alternating use of these two types of cleaners.
Then there's the nasty resins and saps that require organic solvents (ranging from friendly vegetable oil to toxic&flammable petro-products like WD-40 and gasoline).
Happy cleaning!
No luck with Citric Acid. I did 2oz for 2 gallons and soaked. Did nothing for the beerstoneBKF is fantastic. I've heard that prolonged contact can harm steel, though - gotta rinse after a couple of minutes.
For beer stone removal without scrubbing I've had excellent success with citric acid solution (1 ounce by weight or volume per gallon).
It's fascinating how alkaline cleaners like PBW and Oxiclean work well for some tasks, and acid cleaners for others. I've heard that super tough cleaning problems can be solved with alternating use of these two types of cleaners.
Then there's the nasty resins and saps that require organic solvents (ranging from friendly vegetable oil to toxic&flammable petro-products like WD-40 and gasoline).
Happy cleaning!
I haven't found a solution for beerstone yet. Beerstone remover doesn't work. LLC doesn't work. Star San doesn't work. Citric acid certainly doesn't work.Citric acid is invaluable to homebrewers as a passivation agent, but I think caustics are actually the better solution (no pun intended) for beerstone. Hence the popularity of PBW for brewing hardware and LLC/BLC for dispensing systems. That said for mild cases working a thin paste of BKF with a stiff sponge or blue scrubby does do the trick for kettle bottoms
Cheers!
Yup. No luck
if you can find it get acid#5. (Or maybe 6?). Needs nitric acid. Not sure it com in small sizes tho.
Thanks. I'll look into it!
Here is a great article for beerstone, you will still have to scrub, but it works, I have used it to remove it from the chiller coils on my Spike Conical Fermentors.
Don't use the bleach variety on stainless steel. You can use the non-bleach one.Reminds me of the old can of Comet cleaner. I thinks it's even cheaper... like $0.98...
I'm sorry my suggestion was an epic failure for you. Citric acid sure works wonders on the "stone" that accumulates on the element in my electric kettle, which PBW doesn't get. But my water is quite low in minerals, so maybe I don't experience true beer stone.
I appreciate the help! I might try a higher concentration, since I have a bunch leftover. The stone on my coils is ridiculously stubborn, plus it's built up on spots that I cannot get to to scrub. Super annoying. And of course the company doesn't sell replacement coils. You have to buy the whole cooling system again. So dumb...
