On Mar 19, 7:53 pm, "Tater" > wrote:
> I am planning on staring my wine kit next week (yay!)
>
> I am having a bit of confusion about cleaning and sanitizing. My kit
> came with
>
> straight a cleaner and one step sanitizer
>
> some instructions say to start by cleaning everything at once, others
> say clean and sanitize parts to be used at each step, which to do?
> Should i clean the bottles at the same time, they'll be sitting as
> much as a month(or longer if bulk aged) or at the time of bottling.
>
> one step says it will only be good for a week, do i have to make a new
> batch every time i do SG test for the hydrometer, sampler, and test
> stand?
>
> one step says rinsing it not neccessary, will it hurt to rinse?
>
> also, mixing instructions are for a gallon of each, will i need that
> much? more? less?

oh, and can i pre-wash this stuff with something? I figured I should
ask as most dishsoaps seem to have perfumes in them and i dont want
some smell soaking into the plastic. my kist has some loose bits of
plastic and such that i cant seem to rinse out