Can Old Soda Really Do This?@!

[Sea]

I'm cleaning a new-to-me corny with some orange gunk inside for the first time. At first I thought it was just residue from some disgustingly old orange soda, but upon closer inspection, I'm not really sure. This stuff is the consistency of glue, and behaves like an oil based varnish, in that soap and hot water seem to have no effect on it.

It's soaking with oxy now, so we'll see. Has anyone ever come across this? I've never seen it with any of my other dozen kegs.

 

[Suthrncomfrt1884]

Sounds like old soda syrup...that stuff is a pain to clean.

 

[Sea]

Sounds like old soda syrup...that stuff is a pain to clean.

Does oxyclean work on it, or do I need to go stronger?

 

[Catt22]

I'm cleaning a new-to-me corny with some orange gunk inside for the first time. At first I thought it was just residue from some disgustingly old orange soda, but upon closer inspection, I'm not really sure. This stuff is the consistency of glue, and behaves like an oil based varnish, in that soap and hot water seem to have no effect on it.

It's soaking with oxy now, so we'll see. Has anyone ever come across this? I've never seen it with any of my other dozen kegs.

Nope. I've never seen one that bad. I just cleaned out an old Seven Up soda keg that still had some of the syrup in it. It had been in storage for at least ten years and maybe longer. It wasn't really bad at all when I opened it up to dump the contents. I had no trouble at all cleaning it up. I was expecting it to be much, much worse. Actually, I've never had one that was really horrible. The one you had may have contained something other than soft drink syrup. I would try using some wood alcohol on it if the Oxyclean doesn't work. If the alcohol doesn't faze it, try some paint thinner (mineral spirits). I'm sure you will find something that will dissolve the crud.

 

[BeerPressure]

Get yourself some BLC if all else fails.

 

[weirdboy]

oxyclean should work on it. It may take a few tries.

 

[Sea]

oxyclean should work on it. It may take a few tries.

It seems to be working, I'm on the second soak now and it's mostly gone. I hope whatever this is, that no one else has to deal with it, cause it's a royal PITA.