I could use some advise/direction as it pertains to K-meta that apparently dried in my carboys and how to remove it. First, a few sentences of "story" to let you know what happened.
When I moved from Montana to Washington in September 2018, I rinsed all my carboys with K-meta, emptied and inserted a silicone stopper in each carboy. I moved 20 empties. Now that I'm settled and been making wine again, I'm ready to begin bulk aging about 60 gallons (10 carboys). I seem to have hard deposits on the inside of each carboy that look like condensation that has dried. I try to remove the clear spots with my carboy brush but to no avail.
Right now I have filled all of them with a solution of water and citric acid hoping the CA will dissolve the hard, clear spots on the inside of each carboy. In the pictures below, you will see a combination of bubbles from the water and clear "bumps" that I assume are dried K-meta, that formed over months of storage. I couldn't see the dried spots before I filled the bottles with water.
Anyone know how to remove these spots?
When I moved from Montana to Washington in September 2018, I rinsed all my carboys with K-meta, emptied and inserted a silicone stopper in each carboy. I moved 20 empties. Now that I'm settled and been making wine again, I'm ready to begin bulk aging about 60 gallons (10 carboys). I seem to have hard deposits on the inside of each carboy that look like condensation that has dried. I try to remove the clear spots with my carboy brush but to no avail.
Right now I have filled all of them with a solution of water and citric acid hoping the CA will dissolve the hard, clear spots on the inside of each carboy. In the pictures below, you will see a combination of bubbles from the water and clear "bumps" that I assume are dried K-meta, that formed over months of storage. I couldn't see the dried spots before I filled the bottles with water.
Anyone know how to remove these spots?
