Cleaning nylon mesh bags?

Hi, I have a big nylon mesh bag I use for dry hopping.
I am not ready to let it go yet but I'd like to clean it as it has become a bit tainted.

Is it ok to soak it in PBW? The bag gets sanitized by boiling each time I want to use it but even so, seems a bit dirty.

Thanks

 

I use a 5 gal paint strainer bag to filter the wort into the fermenter, and sometimes use a 1 gal one to dry hop (soaked in StarSan before use). After each use, I rinse them well with hot water to get most of the particles out, and then run them through the washing machine. They come out looking new, and I have had no problems with them doing it this way. I don't think soaking in PBW would be a problem.

 

My hops bag is well stained, but it boils everytime I use it so - who cares?

BTW - mine is a Wilserbrewer hop sock made of very fine voile mesh. Excellent bag ! My only beef would be that it is so fine that all that hop goodness drains very slowly. However, in the time it takes to chill, it is 90% drained.

 

PBW is fine for them Ive done it, it works. When you are dry hopping cleanliness is pretty important.

 

I just soak overnight in Oxyclean, rinse well then boil for 10 min when ready to dry hop.

 

I hose mine out and wash it a little bit of warm water and Oxyclean Free.

 

It seems to me the nylon bags are a monofilament? not thread, like the muslin bags. I use'em for hops, grans, & gruits. Empty, then rinse under the tap. Then soak in PBW at least overnight, then rinse & hang to dry over the bottle tree. I then roll'em up & put'em in a zip lock bag in a small plastic storage container.

 

Thank you everybody.
I am now sold on the idea of cleaning the bag with PBW!

One more question. For dry hoping, how long you boil the bag for to get it bug-free?

 

No boil at all. I just soak in Starsan, add the hops and drop it into the beer.

I have also never used anything but a water rinse in cleaning my paint strainer bags.