lost my first carboys... but not by dropping =(

[Nerdie]

I left my carboys outside and let the oxiclean do its job on a 5g and 6g. It got really cold one night and BAM lost 2.....

Note to self: do not let glass carboy freeze. Oxiclean does not lower the freezing point

 

[shortyjacobs]

Apparently you have two pictures of a broken carboy and two pictures of the Athabasca glacier. Any chance of resizing?

 

[Ridemywideglide]

Really REALLY cold I'd say... And your sure it froze that hard in one night???

Ouch...

 

[Azharen]

That totally sux in the bad way. Secondly, is OxiClean safe to clean Ur Carboys with? I always heard unscented dish soap is best.

 

[Irrenarzt]

That happened to my IC. Huge hole burst in the side as I left it outside with water still in it. Now it's about as useful as a tit on a man. Ugh.

 

[JayInJersey]

Depends on the man I guess....wait


That sucks about the carboy though...but now is a good time to switch to better bottle

 

[the_bird]

That happened to my IC. Huge hole burst in the side as I left it outside with water still in it. Now it's about as useful as a tit on a man. Ugh.

If it's just one hole, cut out the hole and solder a coupler in its place. I have an old IC that I left in the garage over the winter, I *thought* it was empty, but it split the tubing in like four or five places. Ugh.

 

[wildwest450]

That totally sux in the bad way. Secondly, is OxiClean safe to clean Ur Carboys with? I always heard unscented dish soap is best.

Totally safe and better than dish soap. But get Oxyfree or Sun oxygen Cleaner, no perfumes or other junk.

 

[Azharen]

Totally safe and better than dish soap. But get Oxyfree or Sun oxygen Cleaner, no perfumes or other junk.

I used the Better Bottle PET Carboys. Would OxiClean still be good to clean them with? I'm presuming I would have to dissolve the OxiClean in hot water before applying to the carboy?

 

[Nerdie]

Yeah oxiclean is great just my stupidity.. maybe I left it for more than a day and maybe it was DAMNNN cold outside.... but it just happened so quick and you know how u get busy and stuff....

Well I get whatever I can get for cheap... I found some glass carboy on CL for cheap so I brought it... but now I don't have a 6g carboy =( ... and my wine juice is for 6g... DOH!!!
I have a few 5g!

 

[Gremlyn]

Oxiclean will lower the freezing point... just not enough to matter when it's uber****ingcold outside.

 

[dzlater]

I did the same thing