"Minute layer" residue coming off my stainless steel kettle?

[ectoplasmicfunk]

I just got a 10 gallon stainless steel MegaPot from Northern Brewer.

Before using it, I mildly washed the surface of it with a white damp washcloth. I noticed this blue-gray residue on the washcloth when I was done with it...

NB said that it's the "minute layer" of the kettle, and that this should subside after I break it in.

Anyone else have this same problem?

 

[wilserbrewer]

My guess is dirt or residue from manufacturing...clean it, use it, and RDWHAHB

What the hell does "after you break it in" mean with a stainless kettle???...I say nonsense!

 

[brewingmeister]

Thoroughly wash that thing. The heavy machinery that made that pot isn't lubricated with the dreams of puppies, that's petroleum covering it.

 

[SpikeBrewing]

Never heard of a 'minute layer'. Kettles are made using large equipment and lots of lubricants. Do a quick boil in it and you'll be good to go.

 

[mattd2]

Was this a email conversation? Were they meaning it is a minute (as in very very small) layer [of lubricant]? I would go with everyones recomendation of washing it before brewing, not after like it seems NB is saying

 

[BeerguyNC61]

Sounds like your email or phone call was handled by the "lets baffle them with BS" department at NB......

 

[jperry]

I have a similar kettle, and had the same residue on the washcloth. im not to worried about it, but then again i dont want it my beer...

 

[LuckyBeagleBrewing]

Thoroughly wash that thing. The heavy machinery that made that pot isn't lubricated with the dreams of puppies, that's petroleum covering it.

You mean they don't use refined unicorn fatty oils when they stamp stainless. Guess I am getting bad information.

 

[dwarven_stout]

You mean they don't use refined unicorn fatty oils when they stamp stainless. Guess I am getting bad information.

Where do you think that the best grades of petroleum come from?

 

[ectoplasmicfunk]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I'll wash the hell out of it.

 

[Gartywood]

I PBW all my new equipment before it touches the wort