What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

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What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by weiht » Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:06 pm

Hi there, anyone ever sanitised with sanstar that may be too concentrated? Does it add to any off flavours?

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Re: What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by mat69 » Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:40 pm

do you mean star san ?

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Re: What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by EoinMag » Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:04 pm

How much do you mean by too concentrated? I don't think it adds any off flavours. I do know that it is highly corrosive in it's neat form, people report it eating holes in their granite counter tops when it gets spilled. I don't think it really has a flavour, at least when I tasted the made up solution it didn't.....

I'd suggest you shoot off a mail to five star and ask them http://www.fivestarchemicals.com/

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Re: What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by Kev888 » Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:49 pm

It may also not count as safe without a rinse - I don't know the limits but I'd imagine it depends heavily on how strong, how much, and how diluted it becomes in any drink it subsequently mixes with.

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Re: What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by hebbstar » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:23 pm

Guys

Sorry bit off topic I know but where can I get star san / sanstar (quite like that name !) this from ? Tried the omi-present flea-bay and all the other JBK favourite sites but no hits !

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Re: What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by EoinMag » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:38 pm

hebbstar wrote:Guys

Sorry bit off topic I know but where can I get star san / sanstar (quite like that name !) this from ? Tried the omi-present flea-bay and all the other JBK favourite sites but no hits !

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http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk/catalog/de ... ES20022054

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Re: What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by Kev888 » Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:11 am

Yes, Hop and grape is good, and I got mine from the home brew shop, which I also rate quite highly 8oz and 16oz - possibly slightly cheaper in this instance but i've not compared postage costs (I go more or less past it a couple of times a year).

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Re: What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by flytact » Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:54 pm

I would say that when using a higher concentrated dose of StarSan you lose the ability to use it wet. Meaning I'd wait for it to completely dry before adding wort to a fermentor, for example.
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Re: What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by EoinMag » Wed Nov 17, 2010 1:41 pm

flytact wrote:I would say that when using a higher concentrated dose of StarSan you lose the ability to use it wet. Meaning I'd wait for it to completely dry before adding wort to a fermentor, for example.

Star san is only effective as a wet contact sanitiser, once it dries out and dust can settle then the effectiveness is gone as that dust can and will contain contaminants.

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Re: What happens when sanstar is too concentrated?

Post by lupulin » Wed Nov 17, 2010 9:26 pm

EoinMag wrote:
flytact wrote:I would say that when using a higher concentrated dose of StarSan you lose the ability to use it wet. Meaning I'd wait for it to completely dry before adding wort to a fermentor, for example.

Star san is only effective as a wet contact sanitiser, once it dries out and dust can settle then the effectiveness is gone as that dust can and will contain contaminants.
I agree. Nothing bad can happen from too highly concentrated star san. It's just acid you're diluting, so there isn't really any way to get the pH too low, to my knowledge.

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