Even cheaper DIY line cleaner

[alanwelam]

Guys...

I've seen plenty of posts about beer line cleaners, and they all seemed fairly cheap and easy. The pump is a smart idea, but I found something that came up even cheaper, and has less moving parts to worry about.

I picked up one of these today from the LHBS:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003V5EY44/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

It's designed to carbonate stuff in a 2 liter soda bottle.

I took an empty soda bottle and filled it with cleaner. I added on the connector to the top of the bottle. My beer lines are threaded, as are my gas lines. I took a gas line connector and threaded it onto the beer lines, then attached it to the top of the 2 liter bottle. I turned it upside down and squeezed the bottle... Voila! Beer lines cleaned.

 

[Bobby_M]

Lines don't get very clean by running such a small volume of cleaner through them. I know it's a drag spending $20 on a pond pump, but recirculating the cleaning solution for 15 minutes per faucet is really the best way to go.

 

[atjsparty]

Lines don't get very clean by running such a small volume of cleaner through them. I know it's a drag spending $20 on a pond pump, but recirculating the cleaning solution for 15 minutes per faucet is really the best way to go.

+1. Pond pump is the way to go to clean lines properly.

 

[day_trippr]

+1. Pond pump is the way to go to clean lines properly.

Please.

Inject BLC.
Wait.
Flush BLC.
Done...

Cheers!

 

[sakeyfour]

I have done the same for a few years. I soak hot oxyclean through it for a while and then squeeze a bottles through and then rinse.