Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

Just got my keg back from the welder, :dance: a pig in shit I am

Just one question though, are there any methods for removing the rusty crap from out of it and around the joins or should I even bother? :text-thankyoublue:

Hi Mulla,
are you sure its rust and not old beer?
coz S/S kegs don't normally rust.

Cheers Kimbo, Nah, the keg was spotless clean before it hit the welders, I know nothing about welding but it seems like some sort of splatter from the welding process, or maybe the hole cutting??

I've read something about citric acid being used, might dig a bit deeper into that. :think:

Hey bokaman what you have there is oxidisation from the process of cutting the staino and welding staino is easily contaminated by other metals, grinding discs that contact the surface they may have been cutting other metals before cutting your staino and cross contaminated that way . Just get the wire brush out and go crazy with it then give it a good wipe down with a rag soaked in acetone as the acetone acts as a pickling agent and it shuld hopefully fix it or at least stop it from getting worse . Hope that helps ya out mate keep me informed on how it goes :handgestures-thumbupleft: cheeres caveman

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Spot on info there mate....

Much appreciated Caveman :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I'll see if I can get in there tomorrow, might have to rig something up on the end of a pole as I've only got a 3" port on the top to work from.

I use one of these....

http://www.tigbrush.com/

Thanks work!

If the hole was cut with a plasma, it could be plasma snot.
You might want to pickle it properly.

But give it a plain old tub up before you do, in case its just organic stuff that got burnt.

I found that using the keg for its intended purpose — as a boiler — cleans oxidation up pretty good. Hot wash seems to strip off stuff that I couldn't remove by hand. All cleaning runs, of course.

I thought that it would be a nightmare scrubbing this keg but Old Eraserhead here seems to be doing the job easy..





I'd imagine when I'm finished here the hot vinigar will make short work of anything left :text-thankyoublue:

The soil on the side looks like protein deposit - soak with 4% caustic soda and heat to 80C. Empty and then scrub with your scourer - should came sparkling bright

U don't need caustic to clean SS unless it is absolutely burnt on. Distilling and caustic should never mix, this shit is toxic

4% caustic soda (Sodium Hydroxide) is a fairly low strength mixture & can be used quite safely with the right precautions. A thorough flush of the boiler with water will see it gone & a test with the PH meter will confirm - keep flushing with tap water until the PH is @ your water reading