Cleaning Keg Rubber

[rpetrello]

Hey Everyone,

I've recently purchased a corny keg online and want to clean up the exterior really nice . Unfortunately, most of the advice I've found so far relates to cleaning the *inside* of the keg.

I've been able to get the stainless relatively clean w/ a mix of Goo Gone and elbow grease, but am unsure how I should go about cleaning the black "gook" from the rubber top/bottom. I know it probably doesn't matter much, but it looks gross and unappealing to me (for something I'll be serving beer from).

I've tried scrubbing with soap and water and a short Oxyclean soak - so far, no luck. No residue comes off, and it appears to be pretty deeply stained in the rubber.

Any insight on a safe, easy way to make my keg rubber look nice and sparkly red again?

 

[ButcherBoy]

How about something used to clean car tires? Don't know just speculating.

 

[rpetrello]

Considered that - just looking for any prior experience (to be sure whatever I use won't damage the keg).

 

[theshoe82]

You could try the stuff they use to clean the gunk/brake dust off tires, but do NOT try brake parts cleaner, that stuff is nasty. Way too strong and it will damage the rubber.

 

[BigRob]

I've never been successful in getting the colored rubber clean, I've tried a lot of solvents and cleaning products, learn to love your beat up and ugly keg

 

[Bubba]

I had a corny that I spray painted the rubber flat black it looked brand new.

 

[JRems]

Maybe try some fine sand paper and wet sand to remove the top stained surface of the rubber.