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[positiveContact]

I rinse mine right after I'm done with it but it still gets a build up of cooked on wort on it.  It doesn't seem to affect the taste of my beers but it seems like maybe I should occasionally get it cleaned off.  What do you guys do?  Manually scrubbing 50' of tubing doesn't sound like fun.

[neddles]

Star-san soak every now and then. Cleans it right up.

[positiveContact]

Star-san soak every now and then. Cleans it right up.

 

I put it in some yesterday but maybe I didn't make it strong enough (didn't really measure).  in the past that worked.  I guess I should add more starsan concentrate to the bucket...

did you need to wipe it after or did it just rinse everything away?

Edited by Evil_Morty, 30 January 2016 - 06:39 AM.

[denny]

I hose it off after I use it.  That's all I do.

[MyaCullen]

I hose it off after I use it.  That's all I do.

same, while still wet, before the wort gets tacky

[positiveContact]

same, while still wet, before the wort gets tacky

 

I do this as well but there is still a build up of wort on there.

[MyaCullen]

I do this as well but there is still a build up of wort on there.

huh, maybe i just don't look closely at mine

[neddles]

I put it in some yesterday but maybe I didn't make it strong enough (didn't really measure). in the past that worked. I guess I should add more starsan concentrate to the bucket...

did you need to wipe it after or did it just rinse everything away?

I am trying to remember as it was a long time ago. I think I failed to rinse it after brewing one time. Pretty sure that the crud just came off it after soaking for a while. It came out really shiny. I know there was no scrubbing involved. Normally I do the same as Denny and it stays nice. But if you like it shiny and clean soak it once and a while and it will look great.

Edited by neddles, 30 January 2016 - 10:33 AM.

[Poptop]

What is this cleaning thing?

[Big Nake]

On brewday, it goes into the plastic primary for a hot water & Oxi soak with all the other stuff and then a Starsan soak with all the other stuff. Then it goes into the kettle at flameout, used and when done, I have a bucket of hot water I fill with the runoff from the chill and I throw it in there for a bit. Comes out clean. Eventually... repeat.

[djinkc]

Green scrubby, takes  a few minutes.  50'

[cavman]

I just clean it with the hot water running through it when I am done chilling. Star san before using again.

[Steve Urquell]

I have a SS one, wash off with oxiclean when cleaning up.

[positiveContact]

yeah, mine is copper so I think oxiclean is a no-no.  maybe I'm wrong?

[3rd party JKor]

When i used one i never did more than a few second hot water rinse/scrub to get the big chunks of hops off.

[denny]

yeah, mine is copper so I think oxiclean is a no-no.  maybe I'm wrong?

 

Should be fine.  I have a copper pickup tube in my kettle and oxygen cleaners just make it nice and shiny.

[MakeMeHoppy]

I see a lot of people rinse right after use, but mine stays very clean because I also dry it good right after the rinse.

[djinkc]

and then......

 

[positiveContact]

WTF is that monstrosity?  did you get mad at it or something?

[djinkc]

WTF is that monstrosity?  did you get mad at it or something?

 

An immersion chiller pic I found googling ugliest wort chiller.  There was an awesome one floating around on the greenboard for a while too.  Couldn't find it.

 

Mine is seldom used anymore and definitely deformed and ugly.  I tried rebending it multiple times for various reasons.  It now has a couple splices in it too but it works like a champ when I choose to use it.  And it is cleaner than that one, has sweated DCs, and also really ugly...........