I use granite landscape chips in some water to knock deposits off kegs. Just shake.
Tim
>
> Some pretty damn clever ideas, there, particularly those stainless
> steel balls.
>
> As an avid homebrewer, "stainless" could be my middle name. I did want
> to warn folks on this thread that I would never just rinse a keg and
> then use it for ANYTHING. I always sanitize and try to sterilize. This
> means, like one of the other posters on the thread, using a sodium
> percarbonate solution. This usually works great. I'd like to add that
> 99% of things come out by letting it sit overnight. People don't let
> time do the work for them. They are too impatient.
>
> After I do that I rinse, rinse, and then rinse again. Finally, I do my
> best to sterilize, and that means using an iodophor solution. A few
> fellow winemakers I know skip this step, but they also have had
> problems. Knock on wood, I try my best to sterilize all my equipment
> before use, and so far, so good.
>
> Also, I wonder if the look that they are describing might not be just
> the low gloss finish used on typical stainless. It isn't polished up
> to a chrome like shine inside of a keg, like you'd see in stainless
> cookware. It is more like a matte finish, or like a brushed aluminum
> look.
>
> Hope some of that is helpful.
>
> Regards,
>
> Deadend