Sanitising

[Her Lushness]

maybe I'm just weird?

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

Tee hee hee...

[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

[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

[jay]

wow

wow thats great info thanks every one.

[spritzer]

maybe I'm just weird?

MAYBE ????

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

Indeedy

[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!

[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

[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

[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.

[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

[jay]

and that means what exactly.

[jay]

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.

according to c.j.j.berry (3million copies sold) you only need 6.

[Duffbeer]

Jay, a 10 % sulphite solution is just that, in my mixing methods 100 grams of sulphite powder topped up to 1 ltr with water, 5ml of that solution will give the same effect as 1 campden tablet.
So lets take Mr Berry's thoughts into account, 6 tablets at 0.44 g = 264 g about the strength you need to make a 250 ml solution. The addition of acid will make it an effective spray / but will not replace the use of a sulphite solution, which can be diversified as a sanitiser or replacement for campden tablets as an anti oxident.

[jay]

well it works for him.

[hong]

Now listen, i`m starting to get a little confused! So, is that with citric or not? and how many campden tablets?