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green spots on chiller :/
Hey folks.. Hope all is well after 9 months or so... Unfortunately, haven't been able to brew for a bit and my copper wort chiller has been sitting in a nasty lil spot in the garage.. I wanted to clean it up real purty like so I googled "cleaning copper".. a gazillion sites suggested vinegar so I made a paste from flour, salt, and apple cider vinegar (some places said use white but i did it anyway). I scrubbed it down, rinsed, boiled, and dried the ol' copper curly que.. now its alot less black and disgusting.. BUT has lil green spots (oxidation spots im assuming) all over it.. if i run a paper towel over the thing it picks up green and brown residue.. wtf
Anyone know if this is dangerous to plop in my wort or if there something I can do to correct/clean all this crud off it?!
Thanks 
I would say, "PBW" Pump it through, & rinse the outside. What do you guys think? 
That green is probably patina, which is toxic (probably not lethal, but still...).
I imagine that PBW is probably the thing that would do the safest job of cleaning it. Magical stuff, I tell you.
Sweet.. so far I've only committed to the sanitizer solutions (one step and B-T-F) to get my cleanliness jollies but after listening to you guys replies (and a few trillion podcasts from the jamil show haha) im thinking it's prolly time for some damned decent cleanser magic anyways...
Thanks again!!
halflin wrote:
im thinking it's prolly time for some damned decent cleanser magic anyways...
Thanks again!!
PBW is the reason my wife loves it when I bottle beer... The sink gets shiny shiny and neither of us actually has to do any work! 
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