Single Stir Bar Storage

[Tomcat0304]

Hey guys,

Just got my StirStarter in over the weekend, looks like it will work great! Question:

I know that ideally you would have two stir bars and store them attached at opposite poles. I only have one stir bar, how is the best way to store a single stir bar? On the fridge, on the stir plate, neither, etc.

Cheers and Many Thanks!

Jarod

 

[Ma23456]

It doesn't matter in my Chem labs I keep mine in an empty beaker so I can always find then but it honestly doesn't matter the reason I could see two being stored opposite so their charges and electric fields amplifies each other... But next to an other would cancel honestly though it doesn't matter

 

[passedpawn]

Sounds like crazy talk. Maybe they stay magnetized that way?

I almost never take mine out of the flask. Maybe a quick rinse, but that's about it. Gets boiled in there too. I keep a spare, just in case, but I've never needed it and it gets stored in a bin somewhere.

If you're obsessing about how to store your stir bar, you've got it bad. Chill, brotha.

Here you go.

 

[thargrav]

There is no problem with storing a stir bar by itself. And BTW, you need two - one for inside the flask and another to hold against the outside while you pour your starter into your wurt. If you don't do this you will our your stir bar into your primary.

 

[tjpfeister]

Just put another magnet on the outside of the flask.. any (reasonably strong) magnet.

 

[Tomcat0304]

Wow... I feel like an idiot for not thinking to just keep it in the flask... Even I (probably) can't misplace a 2L flask :cross:...

The kit does come with a catch magnet though, it just says not to store the two attached.

Passedpawn, I do have it bad don't I...

 

[GNBrews]

I've had an issue with one of my stir bars while back. Consensus was that sticking them to a metal surface as a "keeper", or with other stir bars, is the best way to store them.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/stir-bar-went-bad-can-i-re-magnetize-172766/

 

[Ma23456]

Lol assuming they are Teflon coated chemist use them on a daily basis in the craziest things at temperatures way higher than you will reach in your household so it will survive .