Cleaning is easy - but drying???

[TheRealMrMessy]

This is a bit left of field, but we all know cleanliness is next to godliness in this hobby/trade, and there's a plethora of chemicals and tools and supporting hardware and knowledge out there that makes it far less of a chore. HOWEVER - one of our ever present challenges is getting things dried properly before storage, between uses, whatever your use case, right? Wet and standing for a long time generally equals mould.

Now personally I'm in FNQ and *most* of my equipment can be put through the dishwasher which takes care of some drying. My SPP and packing materials can go in the oven for a few hours... but how to I help dry the inside of condensers in the wet season? Dry out the taps on my fermenters? Push residual liquid out of transfer hoses? My friends, a godsend for me and maybe you too is an air duster. Personally, I bought a Wolfbox MF100, and damn does it help hugely with getting liquid out of spots you can't normally dry.

No idea where else you could get one - no I'm not a shareholder - I bought mine on amazon on sale for $110 (and EOFY stuff is coming up!).
https://www.amazon.com.au/WOLFBOX-MF100-Compressed-Duster-150000RPM-Rechargeable/dp/B0DHNG4DL8

Any other tips for helping DRY things between uses??

[bluc]

Does your equipment grow mould without it?

[chipboy]

Well with the weather we have been having if you did not have it then your very lucky.

[TheRealMrMessy]

Does your equipment grow mould without it?

It's not accurate were I to say it always does, but yeah standing moisture in hoses and narrow tubes of condensers does promote mould in my experience - even fully cleaned and sanitised (always with the hoses, not that often with condensers - at least a decent rinse!). I've had appreciably less issues when I've been able to remove that much more moisture out of them more often.

[TheRealMrMessy]

Well with the weather we have been having if you did not have it then your very lucky.

Yeah mate, while it hasn't been that wet up here right now, certainly in Feb/March it was. Some of my stuff I store with silica packs because it just doesn't dry otherwise.

[The Stig]

I used to have issues with the likes of air locks , taps on fermenters and transfer hoses but not with stainless or copper .
I now keep a 30L fermenter full of Nappy San solution with my taps air locks and hoses in and haven’t had an issue since doing this

[TheRealMrMessy]

I used to have issues with the likes of air locks , taps on fermenters and transfer hoses but not with stainless or copper .
I now keep a 30L fermenter full of Nappy San solution with my taps air locks and hoses in and haven’t had an issue since doing this

Not a bad idea mate, got a spare plastic one floating around too. Better nappysan than sanitiser you reckon? At least then I'd only have to get the condenser tubes dried out!

[howard]

I used to have issues with the likes of air locks , taps on fermenters and transfer hoses but not with stainless or copper .
I now keep a 30L fermenter full of Nappy San solution with my taps air locks and hoses in and haven’t had an issue since doing this

Not a bad idea mate, got a spare plastic one floating around too. Better nappysan than sanitiser you reckon? At least then I'd only have to get the condenser tubes dried out!

sanitiser is acidic, starsan is ph 3.5 or lower.
napisan is ph 10 - 11.4
straight starsan will dissolve the paint off your fridge (don't ask me how i know)

personally, i air-dry everything before storing.
the boilers/ cornies/ cubes are left upside down on a milk crate until dry.