I think things are straightforward when it comes to cleaning and sanitizing.....but the whole thing can get out of hand....due to all the info out there on cleaning material, ways of cleaning....and also depending on what equipment we wanna clean.
Now.....my problem is that I cant clean nor sanitize as well as I should.
First thing first.....cleaning:
So far.....I have used my normal washing-up liquid....which is apparently an error. So....what shall I used then? Please, dont recommend American brands that are not available in Europe, but type of detergents I can probably just get from the shelves of a normal supermarket in Spain.
One guy (Hector thanks) recommended Acid-Anionic Detergents which I have never heard of and I dont even know what they are....because even google hardly gives me info on them.
Now.....once I have found the proper detergent.......I am wondering how I can use it? I mean how do I apply it...simply with a sponge, scrubbing the equipment gently? But then how do I clean the places that are difficult to reach....taps, inside of tubes? Do I just run a warm water containing the detergent through them for a few minutes?
After all this....I gotta sanitize.
So far....I think I am going for an iodine based sanitizer. The brand is called “Betadine scrub”...I dont know if you guys have heard of it. Here is the data sheet on it....it is used at surgeries...no comment on that. This is what is available at a decent price form a pharmacy. It has Povidone-iodine but at 7.5% concentration.....if my calculation is correct....using a 500 ml bottle, I can prepare up to 300 liters (79.2 gallons) of sanitizer out of that at 12.5ppm, but one thing concerns me.......it contains 7.5% of povidone-iodine...then what is the rest? I went back to the pharmacy.....it has 4 chemicals in it plus water....I guess it is the regular iodine based product then that everyone uses in the USA, right? No need to worry?
To summerize all the above mentioned:
1- I need to understand what Acid-Anionic Detergents are so that I could find a local brand and buy it. Or simply find CLEANING detergent that works.
2- I need to learn how to CLEAN brewnig equipment and how to clean hard-to-reach places like inside of taps and tubes
3- Can anything that contains 7.5% of providene-iodine be an effective sanitizer? (I will have to make it 12.5 ppm for it to be effective....I know that. I am more worried about the other things that are in the iodine product....but it is a scrub type of iodine...so it should be good for sanitizing)
4- iodine sanitization means 10 minute of contact and then I just shake the liquid of the equipment and use it immediately? Or does it have to get dry 1st?
Now.....my problem is that I cant clean nor sanitize as well as I should.
First thing first.....cleaning:
So far.....I have used my normal washing-up liquid....which is apparently an error. So....what shall I used then? Please, dont recommend American brands that are not available in Europe, but type of detergents I can probably just get from the shelves of a normal supermarket in Spain.
One guy (Hector thanks) recommended Acid-Anionic Detergents which I have never heard of and I dont even know what they are....because even google hardly gives me info on them.
Now.....once I have found the proper detergent.......I am wondering how I can use it? I mean how do I apply it...simply with a sponge, scrubbing the equipment gently? But then how do I clean the places that are difficult to reach....taps, inside of tubes? Do I just run a warm water containing the detergent through them for a few minutes?
After all this....I gotta sanitize.
So far....I think I am going for an iodine based sanitizer. The brand is called “Betadine scrub”...I dont know if you guys have heard of it. Here is the data sheet on it....it is used at surgeries...no comment on that. This is what is available at a decent price form a pharmacy. It has Povidone-iodine but at 7.5% concentration.....if my calculation is correct....using a 500 ml bottle, I can prepare up to 300 liters (79.2 gallons) of sanitizer out of that at 12.5ppm, but one thing concerns me.......it contains 7.5% of povidone-iodine...then what is the rest? I went back to the pharmacy.....it has 4 chemicals in it plus water....I guess it is the regular iodine based product then that everyone uses in the USA, right? No need to worry?
To summerize all the above mentioned:
1- I need to understand what Acid-Anionic Detergents are so that I could find a local brand and buy it. Or simply find CLEANING detergent that works.
2- I need to learn how to CLEAN brewnig equipment and how to clean hard-to-reach places like inside of taps and tubes
3- Can anything that contains 7.5% of providene-iodine be an effective sanitizer? (I will have to make it 12.5 ppm for it to be effective....I know that. I am more worried about the other things that are in the iodine product....but it is a scrub type of iodine...so it should be good for sanitizing)
4- iodine sanitization means 10 minute of contact and then I just shake the liquid of the equipment and use it immediately? Or does it have to get dry 1st?