Sanitising

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GTI86
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Post by GTI86 »

how many parts water too milton do you use to sanitise your fermentors
have been using bleach for a while but recently had an off batch :(
db
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Post by db »

i use 50ml in 6 litres of water left over night.. (when cleaning bottles i generally make it a little stronger)
Dogger Dan
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Post by Dogger Dan »

If you had a bad batch I wouldn't blame it on the bleach. You might want to look elsewhere

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GTI86
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Post by GTI86 »

Yeah have been using tank water or I might have just got slack cleaning :wink:
Has anyone been using Iodophor :?:
Robinelle
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Post by Robinelle »

Hi

I use napi - san (it's a bleach). There's always some in the laundry. I use a half a cup in a bucket of hot water, rinse each bottle 3 or 4 times in it and then flush with tap water, then bottle.

My whole washing rinsing and bottling takes about 1.5 hours, I use Grolsch bottles. Why wait to dry? and give the baddies more time to find a way in??

Add to this the original batch takes about 30 mins to put down, then the whole process from start to finish takes all up about 2 hours.

I also rinse after using bottles as some others mentioned.
Rob

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