Sanitising

[jay]

and that means what exactly.

[cpfan]

i have started using 6 campden tablets desolved in 500ml of boilled water and 1 teaspoon of citric acid. i keep it in a spray bottle well handy for hydrometers and spoons i have done some bottles with it to. i only use the shop bought stuff for the larger items. like 5 gallon buckets

The last sentence makes me wonder where you get your campden tablets.

Steve

[Duffbeer]

Campden tablets contain 0.44g of sulphite, so to achieve a 10% solution you would need roughly 2 campden tablets per 100ml of water, bear in mind that the rest of the campden tablet is made of cakeing agents, so the shelf life or stability may be limited to that of normal sulphite.

[jay]

i have started using 6 campden tablets desolved in 500ml of boilled water and 1 teaspoon of citric acid. i keep it in a spray bottle well handy for hydrometers and spoons i have done some bottles with it to. i only use the shop bought stuff for the larger items. like 5 gallon buckets

[hong]

Ok guys, i always use baby sterilising tablets for my homebrewing but am getting sick of having to soak stuff like plastic spoons, hydrometers bungs etc. I would like to start using a homemade spray like what Bob uses. So, what exactly is sodium metabisulphite or pottasium metabisulphite? Is this a fancy name for campden tablets? Also, could i use 5-6 crushed campden tablets in hot water, and use this as a spray santatiser?
Many thanks

[Cellar_Rat]

YEUCK! just the thought of that smell makes me shudder!

Tell me about it - it you get a bit heavy handed with the citric acid. WOW. Or should I say YIKES!

[spritzer]

maybe I'm just weird?

MAYBE ????

ROFL, LMFAO, many a true word spoken in jest Bob...

Indeedy

[jay]

wow

wow thats great info thanks every one.

[cpfan]

Tell them that they need the iodine in their diet because with people reducing their iodized salt intake they are in danger of goiters. It was a customer of mine who brought this to my attention. Of course, one lot of McDonalds fries and you're probably good for 3 months.

Steve

[rjb222]

Difficult to get in the UK, but we can get starsan which I love.

Also can get Chemipro oxi which i also love, but I still use sulphite solution when storing DJ's and I feel comforted by the solution still smelling strong when I un-bung the DJ. (maybe I'm just weird?)

I keep my fermenters with a metabusuphite mix in them so they are ready to use when a customer comes in. For all the oher tools used in the process I use Oxi San http://www.abccork.com/CAStore/pc/sh...Submit=Search+ I find that customers seem to take to it better than Iodofor they ask a lot of questions when I did use Iodofor like does it cotain Iodine ETC. better acceptance with Oxi San

[Her Lushness]

maybe I'm just weird?

ROFL, LMFAO, many a true word spoken in jest Bob...

Tee hee hee...

[lockwood1956]

Product descriptions

http://www.brupaks.com/sundries%20cleaning.htm

[lockwood1956]

OOOOO

forgot to mention, star san and chemipro oxi are available from stockists of Brupaks stuff (you may need to order it)

http://www.brupaks.com/stockists.html

[lockwood1956]

and thats why I use iodophor

Difficult to get in the UK, but we can get starsan which I love.

Also can get Chemipro oxi which i also love, but I still use sulphite solution when storing DJ's and I feel comforted by the solution still smelling strong when I un-bung the DJ. (maybe I'm just weird?)

[cpfan]

YEUCK! just the thought of that smell makes me shudder!

and thats why I use iodophor as my sanitizer.

Steve