Solution to Fermometer Peeling

[Boston Brew Guy]

Hi all. I just wanted to pass along a technique I have been using. I noticed that some people were complaining that their Fermometers peel apart when they soak their carboys in a tub of water. I took a clear plastic stick on pouch for a FedEx package, cut the top non-adhesive layer off and applied the sticky layer right over the Fermometer strip. Its like a big piece of tape that will keep the fermometer dry. The glue in these pouches is not water soluble, so you don't have to worry about it coming off.

 

[FSR402]

Good idea.....

 

[WDC]

Thanks BBG, nice solution. I've been too embarrassed to ask whether going through one the things every three batches was normal.

 

[AFAJ Brew Guy]

Along the same lines, if you ever need to remove the black sticky stuff from a better bottle, use mayonnaise, yeah I know it sounds weird, but it works!

 

[Donasay]

that would be the vinegar in the mayonnaise

 

[AFAJ Brew Guy]

Well there you go. All I know is that as a kid we always used mayo to remove pine pitch from our hands, and after I had gone through every last plastic safe solvent I had in the house yesterday I gave the mayo a try. Good to know!