tipk99 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 For all of you who build stills... Is sanitary welding required or recommended when building a still pot? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dehner Distillery Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 depends on what part your talking about. not normally. but it should be passivated. welding on stainless will destroy the top protective layer, and since stainless is made of chromium and iron, it could rust. so when you passivate the weld it cleans it and allows it to react with the oxygen in the air and reform the protective layer. takes about 48 hours. Never use bleach on stainless steel it will destroy it. sanitary welds are mainly for food industry like milk, the weld is smooth and will not hold any junk that could rot or turn bad and spoil other batches. in a still the boiler will clean its self with the high heat and the up parts also, but the alcohol will kill any thing else. WWW.REDBOOTSTILLS.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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