Sterilising long things?

[StFlipper]

Years ago I once made the mistake of leaving VWP to soak overnight in a plastic pressure barrel. It took a major effort to get it free of the chlorine smell afterwards because plastic is porous and the damn stuff had soaked in.

I'm surprised as I use plastic FVs and have left them full of SVP for 2 or 3 days many times with no problems. For rinsing I hold the FV upside down in the garden and spray the inside with cold water from a hosepipe for a few minutes, going round and round the sides and base, and I've never noticed a smell of chlorine afterwards. Maybe a pressure barrel would be harder to do that with as it's heavier than a FV and would be difficult to hold upside down in one hand while doing the hosepipe thing with the other.

 

[Baggins]

Well I've ordered some Star San. I'm going to try VWP for cleaning (I rinse three times after use) and Star San before / during use. Do you actually need to let Star San dry before use? I hadn't spotted that. From you tube people seem to give everything a quick spray, wait a couple of minutes and crack on.
When I do bottles in VWP I immerse them in a 23L FV and wait ten minutes the rinse. It holds about 17 bottles at a time so I guess about an hour with rinsing. Its all the other bits that seem to take the time.
Made my first all grain yesterday - another member inspired by the recent 'Why Not Have a Go' BIAB thread on HBF. Its bubbling away better that any extract kit I've made. I'm using 15L FVs to match 15L stockpot (Wilko) and I syphoned the wort out of the pot to leave trub behind but the syphon jumped out of the FV (clip now on order). Wort all over the kitchen floor and I grabbed the tube from the floor and stuffed it back in the FV so I guess I'm about to get practical lesson in what I can get away with sanitation wise. Guess I should drink it quick to minimise risk !