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Star-san in beer lines
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 3:26 pm
by TappedOut
Also, discovered recently Star San is a bad thing to leave in your beer lines. You are better served using a cleaner like BLC but double the recommended dose and thorough rinse with water.
Starting a new thread to not clutter up other one. This piqued my interest. Why is it bad to leave star-san in beer lines?
Re: Star-san in beer lines
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 3:28 pm
by DrPaulsen
I've noticed that it seems to break down the plastic if I leave Starsan in the lines for too long. Had to throw away some tubing that started getting an oily residue on it. Now I just rinse with water and call it good enough.
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Re: Star-san in beer lines
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:13 am
by tony b
I've had some picnic tap lines get cloudy if I leave them in the StarSan bucket for too long. I've assumed that it's interacted with the plastic and replaced them.
Re: Star-san in beer lines
Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:47 pm
by andrewmaixner
There is an old podcast interview with one of the chemists from five star, he said that starsan will not hurt the plastic tubing, but it may leave a residue which can be washed off with a different chemical if desired.
Re: Star-san in beer lines
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:08 pm
by tony b
Any clues as to what this "different chemical" might be?
Re: Star-san in beer lines
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:00 pm
by andrewmaixner
tony b wrote:Any clues as to what this "different chemical" might be?
Here's the interview I book marked
http://s125483039.onlinehome.us/archive ... -19-06.mp3