Cleaning suplies

[Loetz]

Hey, All:

I'd like to buy my cleaning supplies locally, but the store where I live doesn't carry Star San. They have a few other options, but I'm not familiar with them and I can't find anything on the forums about them.

Do any of you have experience with:

PITT

TM-CIP CL

or

VWP-Disinfectant

???

Thanks

 

[zgoda]

I don't know any of these, but we also don't have StarSan here.

Other popular no-rinse sanitizing options:
E223 - sodium metabisulphite, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E223
oxi - Na2CO3·1,5H2O2, PCS, solid hydrogen peroxide, Sodium carbonate hydrogen peroxide, sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_hydrogen_peroxide
chlorine dioxide - ClO2 in ~200PPM solution, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine_dioxide

 

[Loetz]

It's possible for me to order Star San from hobbybrauerversand.de in Germany, but I'd really rather go local if I can.

 

[zgoda]

All these 3 you posted require rinsing after use, specially the second, with NaOH. It may be the most effective as it's CIP-approved.

 

[Loetz]

Shucks.
I guess I'll just have to put in for a mail order.

What is CIP?

 

[Muddydisco]

VWP is well known to be a bugger to rinse out afterwards. It's common over here in brewshops.
CIP is Clean in place, bigger breweries just pump this around their system cleaning as it goes with having a little man srcubbing everything :) but again will need rinsing :thumb: