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A few PMs with @BenStiller concerning the cleaning of the SD surge breaker.
He asked:
...noticed a significant amount of grime in the surge breaker that is particularly difficult to access. No fluid should reach this part during the cleaning part and I am afraid that if I do not clean it well, it might contaminate my product at some point (surge or simply the gunk sliding down at a latter time). Is there a particularly efficient strategy to clean this?
My response to surge breaker cleaning was:
You can put it in a pot of boiling soapy water. Q-tips should reach the hard to reach areas.
But I just had to work my way through it using a new-off-the-shelf surge breaker.
After a half hour boil in soapy water it was attacked with chopsticks, Q-tips (cotton swabs) with needle nose pliers, 95% alcohol and tissue paper. All removed some grime. But I needed real physical action to get it clean.
Enter the wire clothes hanger. A quick cut and bend and it was very easy to grab either cloth or tissue, with our without the alcohol solvent, and give it the good deep cleaning.
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You should be able to do this chemically. Sodium percarbonate aka nappisan works really well on stainless. Need hot water with it though.
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ultrasonic jewelry cleaner? or soak in 140F PBW(powdered brewery wash) or the equivalent - 70% percarbonate and 30% sodium silicate(tsp substitute) mix by weight... use 3/4oz per gal..
+1 on the sodium percarbonate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty6eY9VUIgI
Why not try 95% alcohol or orange clean and salt? The salt will not dissolve in the alcohol and will act like a scrub brush, just shake it around until its clean.
Good idea @gixxerpilot750 on the salt. The extra abrasion would help.
I throw mine in the dish washer!
But I AM the dishwasher.