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Talheedin

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Post by Talheedin » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:15 pm

Whilst raising the nippers we used to use milton steralising tablets and liquid for their bottles. Is there any reason why milton can't be used for brewing equipment? Does anyone know what's in milton?

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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:29 pm

I've never used it but I've heard it's extremely difficult to rinse. So unless you like Milton fluid flavoured beer...

Besides, economy thin bleach is still cheaper.
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PieOPah

Post by PieOPah » Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:06 pm

steve_flack wrote:Besides, economy thin bleach is still cheaper.
Only cheaper if you have to buy something. If you have 'stuff' left over then this ieven cheaper :)

When we (my wife and I) were doing the whole steralizing everything the baby touches routine, I bought a huge bottle of miltons. None of it was ever used as we realized it was easier to dump everything in the steamer (and people buy speacial ones for bottles! Waste of money as you can't use that for food!)

As a result I used the miltons fluid for brewing. In all the time I used it I never had a problem with off tastes.

I can't comment on tablets, but I would guess they are similar....
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mysterio

Post by mysterio » Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:22 pm

I used to use the liquid (or the supermarket own brand) when sanitising my bottles. It's fine as long as you rinse well. The active ingredient is sodium hypochlorite i think.
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Talheedin

Post by Talheedin » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:26 am

I've been down to boots and ordered some Betadine antiseptic solution aqueous which should be in next week so I'll be using that anyway. I just wondered about the milton as I came across our old batch the other day but I won't use it just in case.

We used to steam everything too PieOPah which is why we've got some left.

Thanks

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Orfy

Post by Orfy » Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:27 pm

Talheedin,
Boots service is crap. (they don't deserve the money)

If you nip to a local chemist in the morning, they'll be able to get it for the afternoon.
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Talheedin

Post by Talheedin » Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:34 pm

Thanks Orfy

I'm not in a hurry this time but I'll certainly bare that in mind in future.
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Post by oxford brewer » Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:00 pm

Orfy wrote:Talheedin,
Boots service is crap. (they don't deserve the money)

If you nip to a local chemist in the morning, they'll be able to get it for the afternoon.
i second that :wink: :wink:
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Post by Andy » Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:05 pm

My local boots got it for me the day after I went in....

Did you speak to the pharmacist ?
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Talheedin

Post by Talheedin » Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:34 am

When I ordered it from Boots it was just after 5pm and the pharmasist said that they would be sending an order the next day but it may take a few days to come. Well, it came the next day and only cost £2.90.

I think it may depend on who you speak to and which store you use.

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