Marking the inside of my cooler mash tun

[uncle_jimbo]

I want to make gallon marks on the inside of my mash tun for water level.

I'm guessing that it may not be a great idea to just use a Sharpie. Will a permanent marker that is dried up impart any chemicals or anything that I don't want into my wort?

Any other ideas that might work?

 

[weirdboy]

I have used a sharpie, then let it dry, and rinsed it off a bit with hot water.

I figure the whole point of a permanent marker is to stay on the surface you write on, so if anything is leeching into the wort or water, it is an insignificant amount.

I use a sharpie on all my measuring sticks to measure boil volumes, etc. as well.

 

[evwoller]

why not get some food grade silicone in the color of your choice? it would def stay longer than a marker

 

[weirdboy]

why not get some food grade silicone in the color of your choice? it would def stay longer than a marker

Really? I have been using the same stick for at least three years and never needed to re-mark it.

 

[TyTanium]

+1 for stick. Use a saw to notch at 1g intervals.

 

[H-ost]

When I make my mash paddle I'm going to mark that.

 

[evwoller]

He was talking about marking the interior of his mashtun cooler set up. I always have problems getting markers to stick depending on what type of plastic is being used.

I try to use only pp#5 which ime resists mechanical and chemical bonding very well.

I personally wouldn't be measuring within the mash tun anyways.

 

[TyTanium]

He was talking about marking the interior of his mashtun cooler set up. I always have problems getting markers to stick depending on what type of plastic is being used.

Hence the recommendation for the stick...

 

[evwoller]

Not that I want to get into the subject more than I already am, however, i was just commenting on markers on plastic. The comment resulted in someone saying they had something marked and the markers were fine over the course of 3 years. Now considering he was talking to me about markers on plastic i would assume his marks were on plastic. Which makes everything I said still relevant.

I wonder how much if any the over all volume would change based on the grains used.

over all I think it would be best to measure the water before it is mixed anyways making a stick marked to coincide with a cooler a moot point. Perhaps a sight glass or some marking system on the hlt or whatever you are using to heat your strike/sparge/etc water would make more sense. On the other hand maybe i am thinking too much.