Spray bottles

[Joanie]

I have 2 spray bottles full of S-meta I use them when I forget to sanitize something. Neither of them work now. I thought maybe the tubing and the works in the sprayer might be clogged with salt deposits so I tried soaking one of them in hot water. It made no difference. Anyone have experience or insight on this?

 

[Runningwolf]

Hey Joan. I always buy several spray bottles at a time. They do not last forever. The .99 don't last long at all. When I go to Home Depot I usually buy the ones that cost a few dollars more. You get what you pay for, but again I am usually happy to get a year out of mine. I have star San in mine.

 

[Wade E]

Ive had mine for about 4 years now but I use K-meta in mine so maybe thats the diff. It was a good one from Home Depot.

 

[hannabarn]

S-meta is sodium which is salt so I would imagine it is a little corrosive. I, like Wade, use K-meta and I haven't noticed any problem. My spray bottles last about a year!

 

[Joanie]

They are not the $.99ers. They were good ones. Of course I'm the same way with plants... if there seems to be a smidgen of hope of bringing them back to life, I keep them. One day I will learn...maybe! =)

Thank you all for the info.

 

[tdeyette]

I have also gone through a couple of them over time. I think something corrodes or otherwise breaks in the spray nozzle.


Tom

 

[ibglowin]

You mean Na-Meta right!

S-meta is sodium which is salt so I would imagine it is a little corrosive. I, like Wade, use K-meta and I haven't noticed any problem. My spray bottles last about a year!

 

[grapeman]

I bought one for the first time year ago for that use. I bought it at the LHBS and spent a few dollars on it. I used it once and it would spray no more. Now I just splash it all over things like I used to do.

 

[Joanie]

You mean Na-Meta right!

S-meta is sodium which is salt so I would imagine it is a little corrosive. I, like Wade, use K-meta and I haven't noticed any problem. My spray bottles last about a year!

Ok, Mike! I started it! My father had a PhD in chemistry. I did NOT inherit his propensity for all things chemical!

 

[Tom]

I got my spray bottles at SAMS. I never had a problem. I use K-Meta.

 

[Dean]

I use the dollar store ones, totally cheap and they last about a year. You can't go wrong for a buck.

 

[ibglowin]

All kidding aside, I bought a cheap spray bottle at my local hardware store back in July. I use it every few days and it has not plugged once.

I use K-Meta, perhaps the Sodium is causing a plugging problem over the Potassium?

 

[Tom]

You use it every few days? WOW. You "must" be busy...

 

[ibglowin]

New kit every 3 weeks on average since July.......

 

[Tom]

Looks like you are gonna start filling your wine cellar!
BTW nice labels. Are those the ones going on the bottles?

 

[ibglowin]

Yea,
I made these off the winelabelsdirect.com website and printed on Avery Labels. The ones that go on the bottles are same ones ordered off the website and are made from a nice glossy stock, little nicer and water resistant.

Nice way to keep all those carboys in order!

 

[PeterZ]

Both K-meta and Na-meta are corrosive to steel. They will eventually eat up the steel parts (springs and ball bearings), and the sprayer will fail.


Mike - I just use 2" wide blue painter's tape and a sharpie to lebel my carboys. Many of my wines never even get labelled.

 

[ibglowin]

I enjoy designing the labels and hope the wine I end up with taste as good as the label looks!

At some point I may just go with the Avery versions. Lot cheaper for sure!

 

[markg]

IBGLOWIN, I notice your picture of wines and have a question to you and/or all viewing. The first couple of carboys seem to have excessive headspace. Am I correct or is that amount acceptable?

 

[Runningwolf]

Being the chemist he is, I'll bet he's using argone gas