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Anyone with a keg recommend how to clean up the outside of the keg? Just received my keg and was wondering what is the easiest way shine it up?

I will give it a good wash first. Should I use a SS a wire brush?

pochine wrote:Anyone with a keg recommend how to clean up the outside of the keg? Just received my keg and was wondering what is the easiest way shine it up?

I will give it a good wash first. Should I use a SS a wire brush?

I would use a wire wheel on a drill :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I gave the wire wheel ago wasnt to my liking so i borrowed my spay painters orbital and hit it with P350 then P500 finished it off with the one of those polishing wheels from bunnings now i can see my bald head in the reflection :laughing-rolling:

whiskeyshiner wrote:I gave the wire wheel ago wasnt to my liking so i borrowed my spay painters orbital and hit it with P350 then P500 finished it off with the one of those polishing wheels from bunnings now i can see my bald head in the reflection :laughing-rolling:

Do you mean an orbital sander? I tried to get a SS polishing pad that fits to my drill but they didnt have any.

Don't be tempted to use a steel buff cos this happens
Stainless buff or flap wheels work well

This is working for me..

For deep scratches and if painted first start with a Josco Brumby Poly pad medium grit, not the cheaper paper based ones as they don't last and the finish is variable.
They come in several sizes to suit angle grinder mounts. Normally 100mm or 127mm. use selectively only on the areas where deep scratching is.

http://www.josco.com.au/newsite/jia/products/abrasives/abrasives_jbfd.htm

Next use the fine grade poly disk and work back the deeper areas you used the previous pad and a all over light touch up.

Grab the Josco buffing kit, designed to suit a hand drill mount, has two buff wheels and 2 polishing compounds. Spend as much time as you can using both.... no point saving the buff compounds and wheels.

http://www.josco.com.au/newsite/jia/products/polishing/polishing_pk.htm

Here's mine not finished yet, drain etc to do and final buff up...


cheers
bt1

Save yourself the trouble. .. just insulate your keg. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

It is insulated...

http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=3652&p=79813&hilit=heat+shroud#p79813

simple clean cost effective and removalable for summer :handgestures-thumbupleft:

bt1

Great info on your keg polishing bt1, Think I will give your method ago, btw your boiler looks fantastic. :clap:

pochine wrote: Do you mean an orbital sander? I tried to get a SS polishing pad that fits to my drill but they didnt have any.

Yeah mate im lazy so i used an orbital sander if u do go down that route bunning and hardwares dont sell P500 grit think from memory P350 was the finest and yeah i used the same josco kit bt used