I like to spray the interior with a 1% sodium hydroxide solution and scrub them with brush. Rinse. Then spray inside with a citric acid / k-meta blend and let drip dry. Note that the k-meta won't sanitize effectively unless it is in an acidic solution (just like wine), so citric acid is a cheap and food grade solution.
Interesting...never heard of that. I use K meta on all my wine theifs and spoons prior to a quick rinse before it touches the wine. Have not had any issues yet.I like to spray the interior with a 1% sodium hydroxide solution and scrub them with brush. Rinse. Then spray inside with a citric acid / k-meta blend and let drip dry. Note that the k-meta won't sanitize effectively unless it is in an acidic solution (just like wine), so citric acid is a cheap and food grade solution.
yeah so basically if you just used the carboy for a few minutes to rack and bottle? Thats pretty much the only way i can see that there wold not be any caked on stuff inside the carboy.If I have emptied a carboy and immediately refilling it I don't do anything but rinse it clean. If that is what you are referring to.
yeah so basically if you just used the carboy for a few minutes to rack and bottle? Thats pretty much the only way i can see that there wold not be any caked on stuff inside the carboy.
Nice, thats a decent idea.meta solution with the use of the drill operated carboy cleaner -
After purchasing this - I threw out all my brushes
http://www.carboycleaner.com/Nice, thats a decent idea.
My 2 cents here:
You can't just rinse. You have to have some way of mechanically dislodging the biofilm that develops on the glass. That method might be brush, carboy cleaner, or other.
I've chipped the mouth of the carboy using a drill powered device. What I now use is long strips of old towels. I rip the towel up into 1-2" strips about 3' long. I drop the towel into the carboy with 1/2-1 cup of B-Bright cleaner, then I swirl it all around so the towel covers the entire inside surface of the carboy 3-4 times. Then turn the carboy over, grab the end of the towel strip and pull it out just with my fingers. Then rinse and Kmeta.
My 2 cents here:
You can't just rinse. You have to have some way of mechanically dislodging the biofilm that develops on the glass. That method might be brush, carboy cleaner, or other.
I've chipped the mouth of the carboy using a drill powered device. What I now use is long strips of old towels. I rip the towel up into 1-2" strips about 3' long. I drop the towel into the carboy with 1/2-1 cup of B-Bright cleaner, then I swirl it all around so the towel covers the entire inside surface of the carboy 3-4 times. Then turn the carboy over, grab the end of the towel strip and pull it out just with my fingers. Then rinse and Kmeta.
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