Cleaning ale pail lid

[czeknere]

Racked my orange cream ale to secondary yesterday after 3 weeks in the primary. I had a blow off tube hooked up for the first week because the yeasties were going nuts. When I racked yesterday I noticed that the lid from my primary (ale pail) had a bunch of krausen remnants in the little slots on the underside of the lid. I soaked it over night hoping that it would help, it slightly did. I took a q-tip this morning and was able to get most of the gunk out, but there is some that is so far in there that I can't get to it.

Anyone have this problem before? Any advice on how to clean this?

 

[IrregularPulse]

More oxiclean, more qtips.

 

[wilserbrewer]

Run it through the dishwasher?

 

[Gosassin]

+1 on dishwasher.

 

[springer]

a toothbrush/paintbrush hot water and oxyclean

 

[ScubaSteve]

I don't think the top is nearly important as the sides. The only thing touching the lid is generally krausen, which is like 95% yeast. No way could bacteria thrive in a competitive environment like that.

+1 to the dishwasher if a good soapy sponge and starsan don't work.

 

[david_42]

I have a sprayer attached to my utility sink and that does a good job of cleaning the lid.

 

[MoRoToRiUm]

Hope you get/got it clean ok; next time try not to let it dry out so much! I've learned this the hard way... sazzimm frazzimmm a(*@ *)@(