Stainless Spiles
First year using stainless spiles and after pulling I soaked in 20 parts water to 1 part bleach. Soaked for a couple hours then rinsed. They now have a white tinge to their color with a white powder stuck to them. I assume I used too much bleach but are they ruined now?
All I have ever done with mine was to boil them in plain water, try that.
2004 - 2012 2x3 flat pan 25 to 60 taps
2012 2x3 new divided pan w/draw off 55 taps
2018 - didn't boil surgery - bought new evaporator
2019 new SML 2x4 raised flue high output evap. 65 taps
made 17 gal. syrup
2020 - only put out 53 taps - made 16.25 ga.l syrup
2021 - Didn't work out
2022 - 25 taps on bags / 8 taps on 3/16's line - late start
boil in water. it's just sodium residue.
Fred Ahrens
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Such spouts are StainLESS, not StainPROOF. Never soak them for long in a really strong oxidizing solution like chlorine. A soak in a dilute solution for 20-30 min is sufficient. Then rinse really well and dry. I’ve seen a full bucket of spouts soaked in bleach totally rusted into an orange-brown glob of crud.
Sounds like in your case it is just a residual amount of something (chlorine salt or light oxidation) on your spouts. Rinse well and dry.
Dr. Tim Perkins
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Thank you!
Yep, I never bleach mine, brush, boil, dry and store. And then on tapping day I boil them again and put them into clean Ziploc bags before I go into the woods. I'd love to get a second hand steam autoclave, then I would sterilize them on trays like surgical instruments, lol.
2024 - 57 Gallons - Short season, many and varied problems remedied in short order! - No buckets!
2023 - 38 Gallons - RO broke, Buckets didn't run, rebuilt vacuum pump mid-season, still made good syrup!
2022 - 52 Gallons - DIY RO, 50% less fuel, no late nights in the shack!
2021 - 48 Gallons - new pans, new arch, lots of new taps and tubing
2020 - 32 Gallons
2019 - 27 Gallons
I used to just boil them in a pot on the stove for 10-15 minutes...nothing really special, never used bleach.
John Allin
14x18 Hemlock Timber Frame Sugar House 2009
Leader 2x6 w/Patriot Raised Flue Pan 2009
Leader Steam Hood 2014 - Clear Filter Press 2015
Leader Revolution Pan and SS Pre-Heater 2016
CDL Hobby RO & Air Tech L25 Hi Vac Pump 2019
06' Gator HPX to collect wood & sap
14' Ski-Doo Tundra for winter work in the woods
Great Family 3 grown kids+spouses and 7 grand kids who like the woods
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