Paper-toweled the inside neck of a full carboy

[CallMeZoot]

I just had a few firsts -- I made up my first batch of EdWort's Apfelwein, and I used Star San for the first time.

Quick question:

The carboy stopper kept slipping out of the neck -- I've never had this happen before so I assume it was the Star San slipperiness. I checked the forum and found that this often results in a stopper falling into the carboy. So I washed my hands, wrapped a piece of paper towel around my finger, and dried out the inside of the carboy neck. Did the same thing for the outside of the stopper. I used the *inside* of the paper towel (the side that was facing the roll, not the side facing the air).

Before I go relax and have a homebrew, can anyone just reassure me that this is a reasonably safe practice? Or did I just introduce a lot of dust and bacteria from the paper towel?

Thanks,
chris.

 

[Fenster]

It's definitely the starsan, if you let it air dry for a few minutes next time it won't be an issue.
I used the paper towel technique on my apfelwein as well, and it is delicious.

Let the relaxing commence.

 

[malkore]

Paper towels are actually pretty clean if they don't get exposed to 'weird stuff' after being unwrapped.

there's a ton more bacteria on your bath towels/kitchen towels than a paper towel.

in fact, my tattoo artist has all his clients use paper towels to dry their fresh tats after showering, instead of a bath towel, to keep it cleaner.

and, I've had to do this myself on my own carboys, when I ran out of carboy caps due to excessive secondaries (is there such a thing?)