Peracetic acid

[kane]

Hey guys,
Anyone know a supplier for peracetic acid?
Rob (tmm) has stopped supplying it and there doesnt appear to be any on ebay.

I cant imagine going back to chlorine based sterilisers and i'm not sure i can do with the having to buy water for star san everytime.

Cheers,
Kane

[screen]

http://www.bonnymans.co.uk/products/pro ... uctID=6255 I'm looking for alternative to chlorine based, this looks interesting.

[kane]

Excellent thanks! I wonder why I didnt come across that site.

Although it doesnt give the concentration

[Kev888]

I got some quite recently from ebay (here), but as you say, they seem not to have it listed anymore - could be worth a message in case they just haven't updated the shop, though thay weren't particularly cheaper than the link above - postage was quite steep by specialist carrier.

I use it for sanitising sensitive things like FV taps and yeast preparation equipment, but I much prefer starsan as a general sanitizer. Peracetic acid is very effective but its quite nasty stuff and doesn't keep at all well once mixed, and I like to always have a spray bottle on hand so starsan is much more practical for that. I heard recently that starsan is also better if there's anything organic to counter, and isn't as affected by any detergents left over from cleaning.

Pity that starsan (and videne) are useless if the PH of the water is wrong though. As I understand it, Peracetic isn't fussy about that, which can be handy.

Cheers
Kev

[kane]

Ok, so i emailed the ebay seller and it turns out they are actually bonnymans!

Its just a shame about postage due to the hazardous nature, whereas I could order with bulk ingredients from Rob so the shipping wasnt really an issue.

Decisions decisions...

[kebabman]

I agree with Kev88 that peracetic is pretty nasty stuff. It turns your skin white, it dangerously expands the bottle it is stored in , even in the fridge.
I don't think that it should be sold in the home brew trade as IMHO there are perfectly good alternatives.
For safeties sake please use something else.

[kane]

I've been using it for the past year without issue, other than the occasional drop on my skin.
But i think its like everything else, as long as safety precautions are taken the risks are pretty low.
e.g. CRS, although not quite in the same league as PAA, is still rather nasty and everybody seems to use that without too much trouble.

If there was a comparable alternative I would be delighted to use it. I may even try star san and put up with having to buy bottled water.

[orlando]

I use starsan with alkalinity at 262. Never had any problems with it. I am keen on cleaning everything as I use it and spray starsan around the brew house fairly liiberally so I don't think nasty stuff gets a hold. However, I will be moving over to Steribev when my Starsan runs out as it appears to address all the issues others have without any apparent compromise.