by Woods314 » Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:59 pm
Sorry to rehash an old thread, but when I was researching distilling before I started, I found a utube video on how to clean copper saddles and tonight I had a go at it as after boiling my saddles in citric acid and vinegar and previously I have soaked them overnight on seperate occasions in both the acids I am never happy with the results in that they still had black stains on them. I have done a quick search of AD and haven’t been able to find this procedure but I’m sure someone will tell me if it is already here. Anyhow, couldn’t find the video, but it is fairly simple. Grab a 750 ml bottle, glass or plastic, put in a cup or so of vinegar and add a coupla tablespoons of salt, add the saddles, put on the lid and shake the shit out of it, remembering, when you get to 100, change hands. Copper saddles come out more shiny than boiling or soaking in vinegar or citric acid.