Keeping your shrapnel clean

[Brewhunter]

Okay so before using coinage in my runs I cleaned them up with citric acid but they've since turned ugly again, is there anyway to keep them clean and shiny or does it not matter

[Icefever]

I've read somewhere keep them in a jar covered with neutral...I must admit I bung mine in citric for a short time, rinse then bung them in..

[Brewhunter]

I've read somewhere keep them in a jar covered with neutral...I must admit I bung mine in citric for a short time, rinse then bung them in..

Maybe the fores could be useful if rinsed before use then?

[chill]

It needs acid. A heads run will clean them right up!

[Easydrinker]

I don't like to disagree with chill, but the most acidic wash most people experienced I thought was a strip?
Maybe I is wrong, maybe chill has had a few.
One of us cannot be wrong.
It'll be him then.

Robert.

[chill]

I don't really know why, but it seems to work. Might be the baking soda breaking the ethyl acetate back into acid and ethanol? Or it could be some other reaction entirely.

[Easydrinker]

As Freddie Mercury sang, "It's a kind of magic" - works for me.
We need more mystique on this forum or everyone will learn how to make decent alcohol at home!

Robert.

[inglishill]

I don't like to disagree with chill, but the most acidic wash most people experienced I thought was a strip?
Maybe I is wrong, maybe chill has had a few.
One of us cannot be wrong.
It'll be him then.

Robert.

I would agree, that is why everyone trys adjusting with a backset inclusion. The acids are left in the boiler.

I would disagree that home distilling is magical. There is enough knowledge out there to get it right, you just gotta learn to cut, I can't tell you how to do that over the internet although.

I can attempt to, with a few tricks, but, as long as you are not bound by what you read on the internet.

It is a huge oxymoron.

Catch 22.

In order to make a requisition for a pen to fill out the form you need to fill out the form to get the pen.

[chill]

I don't like to disagree with chill, but the most acidic wash most people experienced I thought was a strip?
Maybe I is wrong, maybe chill has had a few.
One of us cannot be wrong.
It'll be him then.
Robert.

And so it is! I did a heads run today and the pH at end was as high as I could measure. And the coins were not bright and shiny. Science is restored but now I am wondering what it was that I ran that cleaned them up so nicely. Tails tomorrow, maybe it was that? Though I don't see how. I will pay more attention the next time they are left all clean.

[Mash]

There is something Chill. I have took mine out of something shining, but can't remember now.

I have put mine in some waste vinegar. Let's see!
Previously used citric but that wasn't stunning.

[Easydrinker]

Once upon a time I had shiny Copper boil bits.
Now they are dull and lifeless.
Whoops,I have strayed into hair product territory.
Citric,after a Spirit run is my usual,it helps but is not as good as I would hope.


Robert.

[chill]

Not tails, no surprise there.

[makum101]

I got one of those ultrasonic cleaners cheap in Lidl. I add citric acid. Still doesnt get them like new.

[Brewhunter]

Might try coca cola

[Mash]

It's not heads