fully clean chiller?

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  1. calebj

    calebj Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2013 North Dakota

    i made an immersion chiller with some regular copper tubing. i have a question about getting it fully cleaned.. i scrubbed it till it got that brite shiny new copper. with the green 3m scrub sponge. now if i sanitize with my regular sanitizer then boil in some water, (not nesicarily in that order) is that sufficant to get oils and whatever else is on new stock tubing?
     
    #1 calebj, Apr 19, 2014
  2. Homebrew42

    Homebrew42 Initiate (0) Dec 20, 2006 New York

    Soap and warm water sounds good enough to me, that's all I did when I built mine.
     
    #2 Homebrew42, Apr 19, 2014
  3. FATC1TY

    FATC1TY Pooh-Bah (2,564) Feb 12, 2012 Georgia
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    I did soap and water.. No real scrubbing. Soak it in the starsan before I use it.
     
    #3 FATC1TY, Apr 19, 2014
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  4. calebj

    calebj Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2013 North Dakota

    sweet! it should be good then i just wanted to be safe. i didnt want to spoil a batch with it
     
    #4 calebj, Apr 19, 2014
  5. CurtFromHershey

    CurtFromHershey Initiate (0) Oct 4, 2012 Minnesota

    Oxiclean and warm water seemed to do the trick for me
     
    #5 CurtFromHershey, Apr 19, 2014
  6. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    Starsan and then immersing the chiller in the boil for the last 10 minutes is what I do.
     
    #6 PapaGoose03, Apr 20, 2014
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  7. mugs1789

    mugs1789 Zealot (611) Dec 6, 2005 Maryland

    Clean is more important than sanitized at this point. A few minutes in the boiling wort will sanitize it.
     
    #7 mugs1789, Apr 22, 2014
  8. WelshBrewer

    WelshBrewer Initiate (0) Mar 17, 2013 Oregon

    All the above answers are good, I soaked in Isphore but never scrubbed its not necessary.
     
    #8 WelshBrewer, Apr 22, 2014
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