I've been seeing alot about PBW so maybe ill give it a whirl. Biggest problem is id like to get something I can pull through to get a little scrubbing effect. I see people use beaded chain like on a ceiling fan and I like that idea! I'll give pbw a go. Last dumb question is what does pbw stand for? The full name of the product.
Gonna give that a go! Thanks for the speedy replies!
Dually noted. I just want to get this powder out and not use isopropyl alcohol again. I thought maybe it would dry the water in the tube and hoses faster but I did more harm then good. Racking canes and bottling wands aren't expensive but dangit these aren't broken, just reacted to the isopropyl. Thanks for the advise. Is pbw what people are comparing to oxyclean?
I only had contact for about 2 or 3 minutes but it was 91% concentration so I think maybe dilution would have been better. Im chalking it up to another lesson in homebrewing learned!
I only use isopropanol (70%) in a spray bottle, for surfaces and gloved hands when I'm doing yeast microbiology stuff. Contact time only needs to be a few to several seconds. Although it doesn't appear that you used it as an aerosol from a spray bottle, much above 70% it starts to evaporate too quickly and doesn't have time to kill any bugs. It's overkill and too expensive, even dangerous, for home brew chores generally. I still use a racking cane/auto syphon with PVC tubing occasionally, when I transfer wine to a secondary. After flushing syphon, tubing and FV with hot water and give the FV a quick physical clean with a sponge then fill it (about 25L) and add a cup of thin bleach. Don't use 'thick' bleach, the almost gelatinous crap that's designed to stick to surfaces, even though it gets diluted I wouldn't take a chance. It's often perfumed therefore to be avoided anyway. I soak it for at least an hour, but have left it for a day or so when busy. Seems to be fine for a plastic (HPDE) FV. Then I throw in the auto syphon and drain the bleach solution through its PVC tubing. Stop the flow and soak it for a while too.
True. I learned a lesson yesterday. Only took once but I learned from it
