Mounted therminator, how to sanitize

[Yambor44]

Jimbo, so what you are saying is as long as my PH mixture on my Star San in below 3, I'm good to go?

 

[Jimbo5Star]

The pH you want to see is below 3.5, actually. However, a second test is the clarity of solution. Made with well or even tap water, even if 'softened', a Star San or Saniclean solution is likely to cloud over time. A fully milky solution should be discarded regarless of pH as its kill mechanism is suspect at that point.

Using distilled or RO water mitigates this issue, obviously, as the issue is mineral-centered and those are removed in these waters. If you use either acid product in a spray bottle, for example, use distilled water, store the bottle out of the sunlight and it can last a long, long time. For a clear solution, if the pH is 3.5 or less, rock on. :rockin:

Jimbo, so what you are saying is as long as my PH mixture on my Star San in below 3, I'm good to go?

 

[Yambor44]

Mine starts out a little cloudy. I'll get some distilled water and see how that works. I keep mine in a sealed HD bucket for no more than 90 days. By then I change it out even though the PH is well below 3.

 

[Jimbo5Star]

Yambor44, Distilled will definately be better, especially with that length of storage time. If your pH is staying below three for that long, however, that tells me you're either using a softener or the minerals aren't that bad. If the cloudiness, though present from the beginning, doesn't get worse, then moving to distilled may well be uneccessary. In light of my earlier comments on other threads today, however, I can certainly appreciate those who want to err on the side of caution. Cheers!

 

[Yambor44]

Thanks Jimbo. I re read the posts about cleaning and didn't see this so forgive me if it as covered. Can I use a hot solution of Oxiclean to clean my therminator via re-circulation as Wayne mentioned earlier? I just finished using it for the 2nd time and after running 5 gallons of boiling water thru it I am still getting some hop particles.