How to clean a blow off hose?

[ipatch]

I had a blow off hose attached to the carboy cap a little longer than I wanted to, and when I removed it, and replaced it with a 3 piece air-locker there was all sorts of junk stuck inside it. I am curious as to how people clean these things.

cheers
-Chris

 

[Layne]

Soak in HOT water and oxiclean.

 

[pcollins]

Flush it. Put one end in at the source of flowing hot water and the other end in the drain and let 'er rip. That, plus cleanser as above.

 

[TipsyDragon]

i'm a fan of soaking in PBW and hot water. then flush with hot water.

 

[ipatch]

Soak in HOT water and oxiclean.

I was thinking about attaching a toothbrush head to a shoelace and pulling it through like a shotgun cleaner of some sort.

Something like this.

 

[Bizoune]

I was thinking about attaching a toothbrush head to a shoelace and pulling it through like a shotgun cleaner of some sort.

Something like this.

Now that's creative!! I don't personally own a shotgun, so I have to go with the old dunk in a hot water solution with Javex and push a bottle cleaner brush from end to end trick. My blowoff hose is 1 inch ID.

 

[Nugent]

If it's vinyl tubing, buy a big roll at Home Depot (it's cheap) and replace it.

When things like soft plastics get grungy, I replace them. No sense getting an infection for fifty cents worth of tubing.