I'm about to do my first beer kit batch and I'm wondering what would be the proper product for cleaning out the plastic fermenter before sterlizing it. I know you don't want to use anything that could scratch the fermenter or anything scented but what product is that? Is there something from the grocery store I can buy? It's too far to go to the homebrew store for cleaning stuff.
Napisan and a soft cloth does it nicely.
cheers, Ross.
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Napisan is an effective cleaner, I personally wouldn't use it for food containers but I'm sure many people have done so without croaking, at least right away :-)
Don't get me wrong, I only base this on an offhand comment made by a dude at Hucon chemicals re cyano-blah-blah, not any hard evidence. Well that and the fact that Napisan don't mention one food related application on the pack I have in the laundry. If you are not overly paranoid, go ahead and use it and rinse well.
I personally use sodium percarbonate but it might be difficult to find someone who will sell small quantities (I had to buy a 25kg bag).
Dishwashing liquid is at least designed for food containers but I could live without the brightening agents and other crap they put in it.
If you have some caustic soda that is a pretty good cleaner to - just be careful with it.
Notes I have made about cleaning and sanitising can be found at:
Oxyclean or another substance I get from the local brew shop called one step.
If you don't have either, you can use bleach in cold water, at approx 1 tsp / gallon. Don't use warm water or more bleach. Let soak for a minimum of 30 min, then rinse with hot water, and let dry.
Steve
Anything special you need to do after the 2 hrs or just the usual rinsing?
I would also reccomend a Non-Chlorine bleach.
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