Chemipro San and/or Chemipro Acid - any good?

[jayjay]

Hi
Unfortunately i live in europe and haven't got access to the seemingly amazing Star San so i am looking for an alternative

Have anybody got experience with Chemipro san or Chemipro Acid, and can these work as potential substitutes for star san?

Cheers

 

[RPh_Guy]

Chemipro San is very similar Star San. I would use that.

Chemipro Acid is not a sanitizer.

 

[jayjay]

Right thanks - do you know if i need to rinse after using chemipro san or is it no-rinse like starsan?

 

[RPh_Guy]

The ingredients are very similar to Star San, and so I would use it the same.

I would suggest using 15 mL per 10 L water. Use RO purified or distilled water if you have it available.

Allow it to drain off, but don't rinse. For it to work, it needs maybe 1-2 minutes of contact time and the surface needs to be clean.
It will foam, and that's nothing to worry about.

 

[Thelati]

same question.. why let it dry? Starsan does not need to dry.

 

[RPh_Guy]

same question.. why let it dry? Starsan does not need to dry.

You're asking if Chemipro San needs to dry?
It does not.

 

[S-Met]

same question.. why let it dry? Starsan does not need to dry.

StarSan/ChemproSan does not need to dry. It does require a minimum contact time or wet time to be effective, it states this on the label.

From memory, I thought it was 1min, but please reference the label. I routinely work with products whose wer times range from 1-10min. I could easily be remembering incorrectly.

 

[Drago]

StarSan/ChemproSan does not need to dry. It does require a minimum contact time or wet time to be effective, it states this on the label.

From memory, I thought it was 1min, but please reference the label. I routinely work with products whose wer times range from 1-10min. I could easily be remembering incorrectly.

Hello. Chemipro San says on label that is not sutable for aluminium. That means i cant sanitize the bottle Caps with it?

 

[Johnny2]

Beware. Chemipro San actually needs to be rinsed. So it's not a Sar San alternative. I wish I'd knew that before using and buying it.

 

[mashdar]

Hello. Chemipro San says on label that is not sutable for aluminium. That means i cant sanitize the bottle Caps with it?

I think most caps are steel?

But read the label re rinsing. If the instructions say to rinse, then it's not a starsan alternative, per Johnny2 above.

edit: I went looking for instructions, but what I found was very poorly worded. "Rinse only with potable water." Does that mean you must rinse? Or that if you do rinse, use potable water?

 

[Johnny2]

But read the label re rinsing. If the instructions say to rinse, then it's not a starsan alternative, per Johnny2 above.

edit: I went looking for instructions, but what I found was very poorly worded. "Rinse only with potable water." Does that mean you must rinse? Or that if you do rinse, use p

It's a misleading product. Firstly it's sold in a bottle almost identical to a Star Star. Secondly, many online stores sell it as no rinse.

Here it is sold as no rinse: https://shop.humle.se/en/equipment/cleaning/sanitizing/chemipro-san-250-ml
Some other stores have sold it as "no rinse, when drained well". Someone contacted the manufacturer and they recommended it to be rinsed.

From what I have read Star San doesn't smell like anything. Chemipro San has a detergent smell, even when diluted by the instructions.

Safety data sheet
https://www.geterbrewed.com/pdf/msds_chemipro_san_en_1.02.pdf