Vinegar run and First wash

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Aquafish
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Vinegar run and First wash

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Did my first vinegar run in my Boka. I used a 50/50 water vinegar mixture, six gallons total. I played with it for a couple of hours turning the heat up and down to see how my controller worked. I let it steam out the top of my shotgun condensor for some time then I placed a small piece of plywood over the condensor holes and continued to play with temperatures. The plywood rattled like my pressure cooker letting out the excess steam no pressure build up. Hoped this process did a good cleaning. Prior to this I soaked all pieces overnight in a vinegar water soultion. Last night I made Rad's All Bran wash to be used in the final cleaning stage. Smells wonderful. Shame to use for cleaning. After it's done it's thing I will do the final cleaning run. When my buckets are available from this wash I will repeat the wash recepie again. Can't wait. :D
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Congrats on the first step! I just did my cleaning runs this weekend to, crazy to see these things acti work hey? Keep it up, stay safe, and have fun. :thumbup:
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Yes congrats all round....my first yesterday too. Its wierd actually seeing it work well after building it oneself. I did first sugar wash too, seems to have worked. Bit daunting trying the first glass though!!
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i too did my cleaning runs and first wash now im excited to get going with the real thing . congrats to all that posted on here :D
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