Hi all,
Took my IC and turned it into a CFC this past weekend. Tested it out for leaks and functionality and it worked very well. My concern is that the copper line is well used. It's been used as my IC for about 10 years or so now and I usually just blew out the water inside the IC with compressed air but never sanitized or cleaned the inside of the lines because it really didn't matter, right?
So after I built it, I hooked it up to pump and my pot and started circulating a gallon of boiling water through it. It remained clear the entire time I circulated the boiling water.
Read about using vinegar to clean it out on the How to Brew site by Palmer. Dropped in a quart of regular old vinegar into the pot and the water turned blue green almost instantly. Let it run for a while, about 20 minutes, and then dumped it out. Repeated. Dumped. Repeated. Dumped.
The water is less blue green than the first time, but still slightly blue green. Should I keep doing this over and over until it is totally clear?
I guess I am looking for the popular opinion on how far is too far in cleaning this out. I don't want to ruin the copper lines but I don't want my beers tasting 'blue green', like old pennies, you know?!
Thanks for the advice!
Dean
Took my IC and turned it into a CFC this past weekend. Tested it out for leaks and functionality and it worked very well. My concern is that the copper line is well used. It's been used as my IC for about 10 years or so now and I usually just blew out the water inside the IC with compressed air but never sanitized or cleaned the inside of the lines because it really didn't matter, right?
So after I built it, I hooked it up to pump and my pot and started circulating a gallon of boiling water through it. It remained clear the entire time I circulated the boiling water.
Read about using vinegar to clean it out on the How to Brew site by Palmer. Dropped in a quart of regular old vinegar into the pot and the water turned blue green almost instantly. Let it run for a while, about 20 minutes, and then dumped it out. Repeated. Dumped. Repeated. Dumped.
The water is less blue green than the first time, but still slightly blue green. Should I keep doing this over and over until it is totally clear?
I guess I am looking for the popular opinion on how far is too far in cleaning this out. I don't want to ruin the copper lines but I don't want my beers tasting 'blue green', like old pennies, you know?!
Thanks for the advice!
Dean