jswordy
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A soak in warm water with oxyclean and a light brushing with a regular carboy brush works well for me.
Sounds great for when you have a thin film in the carboy. The brush takes forever.
I and others have had the plastic one snap in the middle. I glued mine and it has held for years now. Of course I got another one and that is the reason it hasn't broken again- just like hydrometers need to be in pairs or the single one commits suicide.
I thought of much of what you guys thought watching that vid, which is why I hadda post it.
I do it the el stupido way. I am just too dumb to realize that immediately after use, washing out the carboy with plain water, shaking it back and forth gently, washing again with water, and last, shaking a sterilant solution in it and leaving a half-inch of that in the bottom doesn't work.
The only dirty carboys I deal with are used ones I buy. To clean those, I put some Easy Clean in them, shake it, let it sit, shake it again when I think of it, let it sit, shake when I think of it, maybe brush it last if there is gunk still sticking, and in 2-5 days it is clean. Then it is officially in my stable, gets a little sterilant in the bottom, and will be clean from that point onward.
I have even used this method to clean carboys with heavy mold growth in them. But caution, this is only for the lazy types who want to do it the cheap and easy way.
...although, maybe i should think about sealing it up with some sanitizer, at least as long as it's gonna be used in a short time frame...lol..
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