Parts washer

[ballz]

I was looking at a 20 gallon parts washer on harbor freight and was wondering if any one has used one of theses to clean brew equipment.

 

[dmcman73]

Parts washer are really meant to clean greasy mechanical parts using chemicals. I don't think you'd want to use one to clean your food grade brew equipment, there could be a lot of contaminants like oils and grease in the unit from the machining process that could really be toxic.

 

[ballz]

Do you think even if I bought one brand new and never used it for parts before

 

[k-moe]

It would be fine to clean brew equipment in. They don't come filled with greasy crud; that gets added later.
A parts washer is basically a powdercoated steel sink with a lid and a filtered recirculation system.
Though I wonder why you wouldn't be better off using a utility sink and add a recirc pump if you wanted to reuse your cleaning solution.

 

[ballz]

Parts washer is only $100

 

[Drumminguy81]

I picked up a giant industrial steel sink 2 bay big enough to fit 4 half barrel kegs in on craigslist for 100. You can find some good deals if you look.