Anyone for chemical warfare?

[johnmac]

http://www.solihull.gov.uk/Attachments/ ... _sheet.pdf

[steve_flack]

Well it is a strongly caustic chlorinated material. Caustic is very nasty when on the skin.

[johnmac]

I was thinking of getting some beer line cleaner from Makro. Aside from the danger, do you think its worth having Steve?

Is Antiformin S beer line cleaner?

[steve_flack]

Antiformin S isn't the product they sell as a beer line cleaner (although you can use it as that). They sell an even stronger version (Antiformin PCD) for that.

There is a beer line cleaner you can buy which is purple so you can tell when you've rinsed it out of the lines.

Antiformin is a very effective cleaner and cleans corni kegs up a treat. As a chlorinated product you should keep contact with stainless down to a minimum though. As with many hazardous materials, they are only hazardous when the correct precautions are not used and if they are not treated with the respect they deserve. Always wear thick gloves and always wear chemically resistant goggles.

[coatesg]

There is a beer line cleaner you can buy which is purple so you can tell when you've rinsed it out of the lines.

Useful for customers in pubs to point out to bar staff that they are using the wrong pump too (when they don't notice themselves that the pint they are starting to pour "isn't quite right")

(Had to stop a barman once when this happened... )

[johnmac]

Just been to Makro and picked up 5L of Bactosol, £4.99+vat. It looks and smells like Antiformin S. It contains sodium hydroxide and sodium hypochlorite. Use at 5ml/litre.

Should be a bargain if I don't splash any into my eyes

[prolix]

There is a beer line cleaner you can buy which is purple so you can tell when you've rinsed it out of the lines.

Once when at Rolls Royce Works social club a mate of mine ordered a blackcurrant and lemonade and then necked it pretty quick as we had just played rugby .. needless to say he threw up, the idiots had stored the purple cleaner in a 5l cordial container with no label, he was all right though... and they still charged him for the real blackcurrant and lemonade

[Dan]

how much of this stuff did the barwomen pour on herself? eating down to the bone sounds pretty horrific but im sure i would have noticed within seconds?