treeak
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Hello All.
So i built myself a 1/2" copper manifold for my square mlt this weekend. I was excited to try this instead of my old braided stainless set up. Construction went well. I soaked the new manifold in some oxyclean to help loosen the stickers. I scrubbed then off without a problem and i still had some time as the strike water heated. I boiled the new manifold parts in another pot to help oxidize things out. No problem there either. The parts came out looking like my seasoned copper IC. However, after an hour mash and the subsequent sparge i was able to break down the manifold and clean the mlt. The parts were like a new shiny copper penny. I believe that i am reading that the oxidation from the preboil went into my wort. Do you folks experience this with your copper manifolds?
thanks,
Scott
So i built myself a 1/2" copper manifold for my square mlt this weekend. I was excited to try this instead of my old braided stainless set up. Construction went well. I soaked the new manifold in some oxyclean to help loosen the stickers. I scrubbed then off without a problem and i still had some time as the strike water heated. I boiled the new manifold parts in another pot to help oxidize things out. No problem there either. The parts came out looking like my seasoned copper IC. However, after an hour mash and the subsequent sparge i was able to break down the manifold and clean the mlt. The parts were like a new shiny copper penny. I believe that i am reading that the oxidation from the preboil went into my wort. Do you folks experience this with your copper manifolds?
thanks,
Scott