Corny keg black plastic bleeding

[oteixeira]

So whenever I grab these things I end up with nice black hands that I then need to scrub with a scotch brite pad. How do you all handle this? Or is this just a downside of having cornys?

Orlando

 

[Ricand]

Mine don't bleed on my hands after I use a scrungee and PBW on them. They still will mark the floor or sink. I've heard scrubbing them with peanut butter will stop it, but I've never tried it.

 

[Nuggethead]

Mine bled the first couple times I cleaned them, but once the old oxidized rubber comes off, they pretty much stop.

 

[oteixeira]

Mine bled the first couple times I cleaned them, but once the old oxidized rubber comes off, they pretty much stop.

Good to know, I just got them at a good deal (20 each) and they hold pressure, but they weren't pretty, and actually had nasty old stuff (soda, I hope) in the bottom, so I put them in a tub full of hot water and oxyclean, then after I scrubbed the sided I set them upright and filled them with oxyclean and hot water. That is when I noticed the black hands.

Orlando

 

[dinnerstick]

old thread, but my kegs are marking up hands, fridge, bathtub, floor, walls. my live-in cleaner (do not tell her i said that) is losing patience. the marking comes off easily enough but i seem to have developed an ability to get black gungey marks in places the kegs don't even fit, in rooms they never visit. i tried scrubbing them with a scouring pad but that just seemed to increase their capacity for distributing the black gunk.
help

 

[KuntyBrew]

i rubbed the black plastic on mine with vegetable oil then buffed it off and repeated until the black stopped coming off on to the paper towel

 

[dinnerstick]

cool i'll give it a try thx

 

[_JP_]

.....but i seem to have developed an ability to get black gungey marks in places the kegs don't even fit, in rooms they never visit.....

That made me laugh.

I get the same thing when the wife catches me with greasy hands after working on the car. Somehow there are marks in rooms I didn't ever visit.

Oh, and I have the same problem with the kegs. I scrubbed mine with a green scouring pad and oxyclean. They still make marks. I just use my other ones that are newer.

I heard "Back-to-Black" by Mothers works. I'd also be inclined to try tire shine (silicone) or mineral oil, though I've tested neither.

 

[JuanMoore]

After a thorough cleaning to remove the deteriorated top surface, rubbing it down with an oil will prevent further deterioration. I used vasoline on mine.

 

[JRems]

What about armor-all?

 

[rycov]

damn. this is the first time i've seen this problem on here. i thought i was the only one. glad to hear a few potential fixes. i'll try a few of them and see what works!

 

[certaut]

pressure washer soap till no more black comes off ( works good for the inside also)
8 quarters usually is enough to do 2 kegs and my truck.
not sure if the wax helps with oxidation of the rubber but it makes it look nice

 

[KuntyBrew]

After a thorough cleaning to remove the deteriorated top surface, rubbing it down with an oil will prevent further deterioration. I used vasoline on mine.

sorry, but I gotta put this in my sig.

 

[JuanMoore]

sorry, but I gotta put this in my sig.

Nice. No need to be sorry, it made me chuckle seeing it in your sig.

 

[DeafSmith]

what about armor-all?

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