Oxi cleaner concentration for cleaning corny's

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Oxi cleaner concentration for cleaning corny's

Post by soupdragon » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:34 pm

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Up to now I've been using 3-4 scoops of the cheap oxi stuff to about 5l of hot water for cleaning my corny's. Is this overkill or would 1 scoop to 5l do the job?

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Re: Oxi cleaner concentration for cleaning corny's

Post by graemet » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:43 pm

I use two to about half a corny. So two to ten, one in five would work just as well. I use more water so I can get it through the lines etc.
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Re: Oxi cleaner concentration for cleaning corny's

Post by soupdragon » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:53 pm

Magic, sounds like a plan

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Re: Oxi cleaner concentration for cleaning corny's

Post by Kev888 » Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:21 pm

It partly depends on how much of your cheap stuff is cleaner and how much is padding/other, but the chap from fivestar says you can use less PBW if you're willing to wait longer - I'd bet the same applies to the percarbonate based oxycleaners, though watch out for scale starting to build up on your equipment (as it were) if left for too long.

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Re: Oxi cleaner concentration for cleaning corny's

Post by soupdragon » Fri Dec 21, 2012 5:21 pm

I cleaned it out as soon as it was empty so a quick swill round should be fine :)
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