Oxiclean instead of PBW?

[denny]

@denny

Oxiclean works…takes a lot of rinsing. PBW works better.  Craftmeister kicks both their butts.

I had good results with Craftmeister  in cold water.
My only gripe is lots of shops don’t carry it, and it’s cost especially compared to generic Oxiclean.

Quality is seldom less expensive

[denny]

@redrocker652002

@denny

@redrocker652002

@denny

@redrocker652002

@denny

Oxiclean works…takes a lot of rinsing. PBW works better.  Craftmeister kicks both their butts.

Awesome, thanks.  I still have enough PBW for one more cleaning.  Gonna do both buckets and keg in my new self made keg and bucket washer.  LOL.  It looks horrible, but does the trick, I think.  LOL

FWIW, here’s a comparison of PBW and Craftmeister alkaline. Craftmeister Cleaners – The Picturing – Carboy Test | Experimental Brewing

Awesome read, and to be honest, I am thinking of their tablet form in 3 gallons of hot water.  I have rigged up a bucket and keg washer that I can pump 3 gallons thru pretty effectively.  Would that be good to do for their recommended soak time?  I am in California, so conserving water is a big deal here.

I prefer the powder to the tablets.  The binder in the tablets makes it harder to rinse.  And I’d rather pay for cleaning ingredients than inert binder.

Cool.  Thank you for the reply.  So, in your opinion, the Alkaline product is the better to use?  I like that it says it will work in cold as well as hot water, that for some reason is a nice feature.  If I can put it thru my bucket washer and not use so much water I would be stocked.  I can order it online or order it for pickup at Morebeer, heck, that will give me a reason to look around.  LOL.

I prefer the alkaline because I have a very small water heater in my garage/brewery.  Can’t get enough to clean a keg, so the cold water effectiveness is important to me.

[TechBrew (Richard)]

If you are trying to save water the ability to rinse off cleanly is important, too. I do try to capture and re-use my rinse water, but the fewer rinses the better. I don’t know how any of these products compare on that basis.

[denny]

@richard

If you are trying to save water the ability to rinse off cleanly is important, too. I do try to capture and re-use my rinse water, but the fewer rinses the better. I don’t know how any of these products compare on that basis.

I’ve used Oxi, PBW,  and both versions ofnCraftmeister. Oxi takes rhe most rinsing, with PBW almost the same but a bit better. The Craftmeister stuff takes the least rInsing.

[brewthru]

Does TSP remove beer stone?

[hopfenundmalz]

@brewthru

Does TSP remove beer stone?

No, you need an acid for beer stone.

[rookie_l_a (Steve Ruch)]

@denny

@denny

Oxiclean works…takes a lot of rinsing. PBW works better.  Craftmeister kicks both their butts.

I had good results with Craftmeister  in cold water.
My only gripe is lots of shops don’t carry it, and it’s cost especially compared to generic Oxiclean.

Quality is seldom less expensive

No argument there, but sometimes your budget forces you to choose.

[denny]

@denny

@denny

Oxiclean works…takes a lot of rinsing. PBW works better.  Craftmeister kicks both their butts.

I had good results with Craftmeister  in cold water.
My only gripe is lots of shops don’t carry it, and it’s cost especially compared to generic Oxiclean.

Quality is seldom less expensive

No argument there, but sometimes your budget forces you to choose.

Yep