Stir bar sanitation

[Ski12568]

I have read a lot about bucket fermenters and if they are scratched on the inside, they need to be replaced.
I am looking at my stir bar and it is not smooth at all. How do you sanitize your stir bar?

 

[jperry]

I just rinse it off, and boil it in the starter wort.

 

[scottballz]

I throw mine in some star san while im making the starter. Boiling it will work too, in fact it will probably work better.

 

[Ski12568]

Thanks for the help

 

[dk21]

+1 for rinsing after use and boiling with the starter wort.

 

[beergolf]

If you are going to boil it be sure to put it in the flask before you start heating it up.

I made the mistake once. I started boiling the starter and saw my stir bar sitting there after the boil started. I thought, just drop it in.....bad idea. massive explosive, boil over..

 

[D-Train]

My stir bar had an episode with the garbage disposal and now it's scratched all over. I throw it into the water as I'm heating, leave it in through the 10 minute boil, cool, and dump with the wort. Hope that's good enough.