DefinitelyJon
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Should I boil the hell outta it and use again or just go out and get a new one?
Mold on oxygen stone
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Boil it. That's what I do for mine between batches. Every 2 or 3 batches. Gets washed well with the O2 flowing in hot water after every use.
Another thing to do is not turn off the O2 till after you take the stone out of the wort and place it in hot water. Minimizes wort getting in perhaps.
1 minute boil kills most things though
Another thing to do is not turn off the O2 till after you take the stone out of the wort and place it in hot water. Minimizes wort getting in perhaps.
1 minute boil kills most things though
boil boil boil
I boil mine after each use. Then I store it in a pill bottle filled with Starsan, so no creepy-crawlies get back in.
I will start doing it every batch too, rather than every other batch. For sure it is a potential weak-link in the sanitary cold-side of the brewery.
Something about a device with millions of microscopic holes through it that gets me more than a bit nervous about infections. It just seems like the perfect breeding ground for bugs.
I completely agree.
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Are you sure about that?
Well, I wasn't freaked out about mine until now...
Me too. I feel positively slovenly.
Interesting, I've never yet boiled mine. I also shut off the O2 before removing it from the fermenter. Haven't had any problems yet but I prefer to learn things to be prepped. What I do is sanitize it before use, then rinse off the stone immediately after use, then use the wand to stir it around in the StarSan in my sanitizing bucket. Then I let it air dry for a day or two. Then I put a plastic sandwich bag over the stone and use a twist tie to seal it up and keep dirt and dust out. Prior to next use I sanitize it again then use it. So far I've used it many times with no problem. But I'm guessing it's wise to boil it every once in a while?
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DefinitelyJon
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Awesome I figured that'd kill off and bad stuff in there. I gotta start doin that every time
You can boil it to sanitize it but i would wrap it in foil and throw it in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 or higher. Dry heat sterilization is your best bet unless you have a pressure cooker to "autoclave" it for 20 minutes.
