Against my own better judgment, I've been running sulfite through the CIP of my bright tank. I know that it can be damaging to stainless steel, but I can't come up with an alternative.
Most people here like PAA. I've got a tub of the stuff, still unopened. I don't have the HASMAT gear necessary to start mixing it, and can't stand the idea of having to wear that stuff every time I need to sanitize my tank. And I can't stand the idea of it; I don't want dangerous stuff around, and I don't want the entire building to constantly smell of PAA.
Yet, everything else seems to have some unfortunate downside, creating off flavours or what not. (As I've read of idophor and chlorine based sanitizers); or, impossible foaming (as with saniclean and starsan, making it impossible to run through CIP). Sulfite is so easy, so harmless, and works well, but for the fact that its slowly going to ruin my tank... which I can't allow.
What can I do? Will hydrogen peroxide work as a sanitizer? Is there anything else? Or do I really have to suit up and hope I can mix PAA properly, and search god knows where for the directions, and feel as if life and limb are at risk? Blindness, for god's sake. All I want to do is make cider!
Thanks all,
Mike
Most people here like PAA. I've got a tub of the stuff, still unopened. I don't have the HASMAT gear necessary to start mixing it, and can't stand the idea of having to wear that stuff every time I need to sanitize my tank. And I can't stand the idea of it; I don't want dangerous stuff around, and I don't want the entire building to constantly smell of PAA.
Yet, everything else seems to have some unfortunate downside, creating off flavours or what not. (As I've read of idophor and chlorine based sanitizers); or, impossible foaming (as with saniclean and starsan, making it impossible to run through CIP). Sulfite is so easy, so harmless, and works well, but for the fact that its slowly going to ruin my tank... which I can't allow.
What can I do? Will hydrogen peroxide work as a sanitizer? Is there anything else? Or do I really have to suit up and hope I can mix PAA properly, and search god knows where for the directions, and feel as if life and limb are at risk? Blindness, for god's sake. All I want to do is make cider!
Thanks all,
Mike
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