AndytheBeave
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
A colleague of mine (who happens to be a tin basher) decided to be ultra cool and built me a stainless steal conical fermenter from scratch.
The problem is that upon inspection of the interior of the fermenter, the seams are not sealed and need quite a bit of cleaning up (there is a bit of slag in there still). My quandary is this, the fermenter is really deep and it is not easy to reach the bottom of the cone. Basically it would require cutting the cone off, re-welding, re-cleaning etc. I got a quote from a local shee tmetal shop to do this work but it came in at $300.00. For that price I could just order the SS brewbucket.
My question to you guys is this:
1) would soldering the connections provide a sanitary seal if the seams could be reached?
2) If not, has anyone heard of a food grade spray-on liner that could be used on the interior of the fermenter? Specifically one that is available to us common folk?
I would really love to use this awesome gift but right now, it is unusable in its current form due to the high risk of bacteria/contamination. Any thoughts/opinions would be welcome. I'll post some pics when I get home from work.
A colleague of mine (who happens to be a tin basher) decided to be ultra cool and built me a stainless steal conical fermenter from scratch.
The problem is that upon inspection of the interior of the fermenter, the seams are not sealed and need quite a bit of cleaning up (there is a bit of slag in there still). My quandary is this, the fermenter is really deep and it is not easy to reach the bottom of the cone. Basically it would require cutting the cone off, re-welding, re-cleaning etc. I got a quote from a local shee tmetal shop to do this work but it came in at $300.00. For that price I could just order the SS brewbucket.
My question to you guys is this:
1) would soldering the connections provide a sanitary seal if the seams could be reached?
2) If not, has anyone heard of a food grade spray-on liner that could be used on the interior of the fermenter? Specifically one that is available to us common folk?
I would really love to use this awesome gift but right now, it is unusable in its current form due to the high risk of bacteria/contamination. Any thoughts/opinions would be welcome. I'll post some pics when I get home from work.