best way to clean
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best way to clean
Greetings all, how do members clean their fermenting vessels etc? The reason i ask is, i dont have access to hot tap water in the shed only a kettle. If i had to fill a vessel with hot water for using say Oxy that would be a big problem for me. So what would be the best approach for me to take. Opinions greatly appreciated
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Re: best way to clean
Sodium percarbonate great stuff do it does need to be hot.
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Re: best way to clean
sounds like an old fv with a tap + a kettle element would make a nice hot water heater when needed
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Re: best way to clean
A couple of kettles full of water, cut with a little cold water, should be plenty to clean most of your equipment.
Alternatively, do you use a chiller at the end of your brew day? Feed the waste cooling water from that (which will start off very hot!) into a bucket and add sodium percarbonate/PBW/Oxi and use that to clean up.
Alternatively, do you use a chiller at the end of your brew day? Feed the waste cooling water from that (which will start off very hot!) into a bucket and add sodium percarbonate/PBW/Oxi and use that to clean up.
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Re: best way to clean
Can't you use your boil kettle or even an HLT?
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Re: best way to clean
Fil wrote:sounds like an old fv with a tap + a kettle element would make a nice hot water heater when needed
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Re: best way to clean
I do like to leave things soaking in oxy for a short while, so i think it will be the boiler.