Tubing won't dry completely, is this ok?
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flars
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Tubing takes a long time to dry, or never dry, because there is very little air flow. Must not be a problem since most everyone has the same damp tubing problem without infections. No one is even marketing a tubing dryer to take care of a problem that most likely doesn't exist. Hanging tubing without a coil is good.
Flush your tubing immediately after use before any specks have a chance to stick and grow bacteria. A couple times a year I soak my tubing in a weak PBW solution for a couple of hours then wipe and rinse.
Flush your tubing immediately after use before any specks have a chance to stick and grow bacteria. A couple times a year I soak my tubing in a weak PBW solution for a couple of hours then wipe and rinse.
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El Nino
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Ok whew. I'm a bit of a neat freak so seeing droplets / moisture in my tubing is driving me insane especially after hanging them for days haha.
speaking of PBW, I love that stuff. I almost want to use it on my pots / pans that I use for cooking cause it takes everything right off with no effort
speaking of PBW, I love that stuff. I almost want to use it on my pots / pans that I use for cooking cause it takes everything right off with no effort
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Good question. I've often wondered the same but in 10 years of brewing and winding up hoses and putting them away wet after a starsan soak... my vote is you're fine as well.
I often whip my tubing around to get any moisture towards the ends or out of the tubing. But yeah, not an issue. I always just put the tubing in a bucket of starsan before use and rinse immediately after use.
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brew703
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You can take an air nozzle hooked to an air compressor and run air through it. Will get most of the water droplets out but some will stay.
I do hang my tubing to dry and it takes forever (week+) sometimes depending on temp. I've never had any issues. I usually do a oxy soak then starsan before each use.
I do hang my tubing to dry and it takes forever (week+) sometimes depending on temp. I've never had any issues. I usually do a oxy soak then starsan before each use.
I have hung mine after use and everything seemed ok, but next time I went to use them some black spots had appeared where some droplets were.. For the price of tubing I tossed and used new. Now I blow them all out with compressed air and haven't had any issues
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