Star san uk

[JayM72]

Thanks Chris

It was definitely OK when I first made it up, then used it to sanitise 2 FVs and thought I'd keep it for keeping my hydrometer/thermometer in. Poured it into a container but then now went gone 'proper' cloudy! Not sure what was in the FVs to do that??? Oh well it's still pretty ecomonical stuff at about 5p a litre to make up.

[JayM72]

OK thanks for the additional info Chris...might try and get some RO water

[sargie]

Did you get a response sargie ?

No chris i believe you and it makes perfect sense that a water supply high in alkali will neutralise the acid. Luckily i have an ro filter from when i had a marine tank so im sorted

[mcbrew]

Hi there,

I used StarSan yesterday and as I am in a hard water area it did go rather cloudy. Does anyone have a handle on how effective it is at higher pH levels? I don't have a reading of the pH value but I know that StarSan is most effective when the pH is around 3 I think. In a lot of forums they mention using Tesco water however this just adds to the cost of brewing. Is it therefore pointles using StarSan with hard water?

On the bottle it says seek advice if it gets onto your skin. I did wear gloves but I assume that the warning is for the undiluted stuff. I guess it is wise to avoid contact diluted or undiluted. If one is using StarSan to sterlise bottles, shoudn't they be rinsed just to be on the safe side?

Cheers!

[mcbrew]

Lots of good points raised and thank you. I know the bottled water doen't cost a great deal, but water from the tap is a lot more convenient. It's a shame Asda Smart Price is no good as that is my local supermarket

[trickybrew]

Hi all thanks for all your reply's to my posting on Star san all was Appreciated, i'd like to let you all no on what i think is good value for your money, i went down to my tropical / marine fish shop they surply RO Water for the marine, i have a 18.5 litre evians water bottle, for that they only charged me £2 that i think is a good deal, just thourght i'd share this saver with you all
Reg Tricky

[Andy]

Lots of good points raised and thank you. I know the bottled water doen't cost a great deal, but water from the tap is a lot more convenient. It's a shame Asda Smart Price is no good as that is my local supermarket

I've used Asda Smart Price water but added some phosphoric acid before adding the Starsan.

[Bondelle]

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