Would bar keepers friend work? With a scotch brite pad.
Would bar keepers friend work? With a scotch brite pad.
Steve
2017
2x8 Mason drop tube evaporator
420 Taps
3 surflo pumps on 5/16
79 gallons of syrup made
2016
New kitchen addition to sap house
400 taps
52 gallons syrup made
I wrote in on the same issue several weeks ago and found a low boil with water and baking soda worked wonders. Literally lifted most of the black off as it boiled. It seemed to help pouring the baking soda directly on the black area as it warmed and boiled. I had previously used vinegar and soft scrubbers, a Teflon spatula. I never tried the copper pipe which many had mentioned. My pan is now all clean. Sounds easier than sand blasting??
2022 is season 7
2016: 20 taps on buckets, 4 gallons on a borrowed 2x3.
2017: 32 taps on buckets, 8 gallons of syrup, on a "loaner" Lapierre 19x48.
2018: 80 taps. First time tubing. New 10x12 sugar shack, Lapierre 2x5. Made 17 gallons
2019: 100 taps. 22 gallons. Added a small RO 50 gph.
2020: 145 taps, 30 gallons, sold half. Murphy cup is a great addition.
2021: tapped Feb 23, 150 taps, 35 gallons.
2022: 200 taps. I lost 50, added 100. Having fun but short season?
Barkeepers Friend with scotchbrite pad will scratch pan.
Chad
2014: 12 taps, 5 gal buckets
2015: 15 taps on bags
2016: 150 taps: 100 on bags, 50 on 3/16" natural vac, 2x8 AUF/AOF Homebuilt Arch, 2x8 SL Drop Flu & Auto Draw, SL Propane Canner/Bottler
2017: 225 taps: Built Lean to, Added SL hood, preheater, concentric exhaust, SL SS 7" SB Filter Press
2018: 180 taps: Added Shurflo to 50 - 3/16", Auto fill sensor to head tank
2019: No tapping
2020: 175 taps
2021: 300 taps, homemade RO and releaser
2022: 600+ taps
I have not seen it yet, but my friend says he got it clean. After getting some with a copper scraper he made from a piece of copper tubing I left for him to try, I triede something I would not have dared. He had a somewhat cone shaped flap disk that was 180 grit. He put it on a drill motor and gently ran it over the black. He says it came clean and he detected no scratching. He boiled 2000 gal of sap on it yesterday and he said it was the lightest he has made in 5 years. His sugar % in the sap was 2.1%, also the best in at least 3 years. Crisis over, thanks for the ideas.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.