Alumn pot went black

[digdan]

I boiled 60 eggs in my alum brew pot for Easter. Now the aluminum has turned dark and almost black.

What happened to it and how can I fix this?

 

[freddyb]

Did it look something like this?

 

[digdan]

Exactly! whats up with that?

 

[RedIrocZ-28]

Its supposed to be like that. Its a layer of oxidation that builds up on the inside of the pot. This will protect whatever is being boiled in it from picking up a metallic taste.

 

[HSM]

You've already fixed it. Now that it's seasoned it's ready to boil.

What did you use it for prior?

 

[digdan]

I would pasteurize honey for meads

 

[Daddymem]

It is supposed to get THAT black? I boiled water in mine for an hour and it is only a dull grey.

 

[bakins]

I would pasteurize honey for meads

Don't heat honey.

 

[Evan!]

Mine never gets quite that black. It's a layer of oxidation, as someone else noted, and mine only approached being that dark after a soak in oxyclean solution...a subsequent PBW soak returned it to dull gray, which it's been ever since.

 

[digdan]

I need to pasteurize it for mead. Its only 140 degrees for 22 minutesand it beats campdens.

Don't heat honey.

 

[Clayton]

yeah but you dont have too
i have made lots of mead with all manors of honey
and i dont heat at all

 

[bakins]

I need to pasteurize it for mead. Its only 140 degrees for 22 minutesand it beats campdens.

Honey, water, nutrient, yeast. That's it. no heat, no campdens, no problems.