Acaciadrian
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How do you use it? How long do you use it? What do you use it In combination with? How do you not use it? Open to anything and everything!
I use it mainly on the cold side. Pumped through spray balls in my conicals, soaking any dirty fittings, and cleaning my kegs.
I spray out the hot side with hot water and attach all my ball valves to my sink faucet and give them a good cleaning that way. I’ll pbw the hot side once a year or so.
fwiw, I run a quasi-cip with hot pbw on my brew rig after every other brew. I use 6 gallons of water with 6 ounces of PBW and bring it up to ~160°F then recirculate it through all the pumps/plumbing/valves/kettles/etc for a good 30 minutes, drain it into a bucket, stick my SS spider in that, then rinse the rig thoroughly with hot water.
I've noticed whatever temperature you run the PBW is the temperature the rinsing water should be for best results. Hot wash followed by a cold rinse will leave a film...
Cheers!
Cold or hot...if cold then long soak and if hot I use in cip balls or soaking..
I've made the mistake of leaving stuff soak for weeks in pdw and no harm yet...a simple runse with water and let dry...
Sorry for the mis-spelling... I blame it on my phone and or the Sierra Nevada Torpedoes...
Do you recommend always going that high with the water temp? The bottle I got recommends about that temp as well but wondering if there is anything negative to colder water?
Thanks for the advice!
If I’m soaking parts I leave it for like a day then just rinse with hot water. Some things like my fermenter get hit with saniclean, gaskets and TC go in a drying area then in a dry bucket with a lid. Brew day they all go into a bucket small bucket of saniclean until I rebuild the fermenter. Then the blowoff tube goes into the bucket.How long do you usually soak? Also do you usually just rinse with water?
Always rinse PBW and be sure not to let aluminum items such as a blichmann thermometer to soak in the solutionHow long do you usually soak? Also do you usually just rinse with water?
Always rinse PBW and be sure not to let aluminum items such as a blichmann thermometer to soak in the solution
Don't let glass soak too long. I've had it etch a glass bowl I was using to soak some small parts.
I use homemade PBW.
How do you use it? How long do you use it? What do you use it In combination with? How do you not use it? Open to anything and everything!
My mixture has metasilicate (not trisodium phosphate), same as PBW. Metasilicate can etch glass.I made a batch of the homemade stuff and had it affect glass as well. The Tri Sodium Phosphate says on its label that it is not to be used with glass. I had some fogging occur. I do not think the real PBW has the same issue with glass. One of the reasons to use the real stuff.
fwiw, I run a quasi-cip with hot pbw on my brew rig after every other brew. I use 6 gallons of water with 6 ounces of PBW and bring it up to ~160°F then recirculate it through all the pumps/plumbing/valves/kettles/etc for a good 30 minutes, drain it into a bucket, stick my SS spider in that, then rinse the rig thoroughly with hot water.
I've noticed whatever temperature you run the PBW is the temperature the rinsing water should be for best results. Hot wash followed by a cold rinse will leave a film...
Cheers!
My mixture has metasilicate (not trisodium phosphate), same as PBW. Metasilicate can etch glass.
Use hot water and a short soak, no more than a couple hours.So if I want to wash out some glass car boys you would recommend not using PBW at all or just not letting it soak in the PBW?
Doh! You're right.avoid thermal stressing the glass which will lead to a dropped bottom eventually.
Or, don't do that and avoid thermal stressing the glass which will lead to a dropped bottom eventually.
I dump a tablespoon of OxyFree in a carboy and fill it to the top of the neck with water that is the same temperature as the carboy.
Let that sit for anywhere from a few hours to overnight if needed - it'll be evident when it's done as virtually everything will have fallen off and dropped to the bottom - then empty and rinse with water that is again the same temperature as the carboy. Given enough patience I haven't had to break out the carboy brush...
Cheers!
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