zink washer on a cooler MLT?

[miatawnt2b]

I am making a MLT for this weekend's brew session, and I can't find any stainless washers here. Is there a problem with using a zink washer in the short term?

-J

 

[the_bird]

Depends on how you feel about zinc poisoning...

Wort's very acidic, you will get some zinc in the beer. Not good. It's a *****, either keep looking, or if you order from McMaster quickly, you MIGHT get them tomorrow (they ship very quickly and overnight).

 

[miatawnt2b]

yea... a search would have revealed my answer. Thanks!
-J

 

[Orfy]

I used plastic and fibre washers.

 

[the_bird]

I ended up fabricating a plastic washer for my first MLT.

 

[Drunkensatyr]

PM me, send me a SASE and I will send ya a few.

 

[PseudoChef]

No:

I took the rubberish grommet that FlyGuy initially has you remove and shoved it back in to seal the gap. Then I put a nylon washer on top of that. Haven't had any sorts of problems this way.

 

[Bobby_M]

My Lowes sells stainless washers.

 

[FlyGuy]

I took the rubberish grommet that FlyGuy initially has you remove and shoved it back in to seal the gap. Then I put a nylon washer on top of that. Haven't had any sorts of problems this way.

My apologies if I wasn't clear, but you NEED that seal to keep the cooler from leaking. It is shown in the fourth picture of my MLT conversion thread.

 

[PseudoChef]

My apologies if I wasn't clear, but you NEED that seal to keep the cooler from leaking. It is shown in the fourth picture of my MLT conversion thread.

Well, don't I look like an idiot? Hehe...I had a good seal, regardless. I just converted a larger cooler (48 qt Ice Cube), and finally found SS washers at Ace. Much more sturdy now.

Thanks for clearing it up!

 

[jacobyhale]

Yeah, I found stainless steel washers at two different Ace Hardware stores as well. Guess bigger isn't always better?