CLEANING AND SANITIZING
Your local Health Department rules and general area cleanliness should determine the frequency of which
the unit should be sanitized.
SANITIZING PROCEDURES
Your local health department rules and general area cleanliness should determine the frequency at which the
unit should be sanitized. Note: Your Liquor plumbing will not need cleaning as often as the Lime mix section
of your unit if at all.
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:
1. Stainless Steel container, (product tank), or large volume container.
2. Cleaning Agent.
3. Sanitizing Solution.
4. Phenolphthalein.
NOTE: One recommended cleaning agent and sanitizing agent is manufactured by:
MT. HOOD CHEMICAL CORP.
4444 N.W. Yeon Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97210
Trade names are: STAR - CHLORINATED CLEANER
CROWN - 12.5% SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE BLEACH
Use STAR at 18 oz. per 1 gallon of water yields 2% Sodium Hydroxide Solution.
Use Crown at 2 ounce per 9 gallons of water (gives 200 PPM of available chlorine) at a minimum contact
time of 10 minutes.
1. Turn off the unit at the on/off switch on the rear service panel. Activate the push button switch and empty
out product from system by flushing with warm water.
2. Fill bottle reserve with a caustic-based (low sudsing, non-perfumed, and rinsed) detergent solution,
(STAR). The solution should be prepared in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations, but
should be at least 2 percent sodium hydroxide. Make sure the syrup lines are completely filled and allow
standing for at least 10 minutes.
4. Flush the detergent solution from the bottle reserve with clean water. Continue rinsing until testing with
phenolphthalein shows that the rinse water is free of residual detergent.
5. Fill the bottle reserve with a low PH (7.0) chloride solution containing maximum 200-PPM chlorine. Make
sure that lines are completely filled and allow standing for 30 minutes.
6. Refill bottle reserve with clean hot water.
7. Draw water until chloride solution is dispensed from unit and liquor reservoir is empty.
8. Fill reservoir with Liquor.
9. Push switch until Liquor is dispensed.
10. Wait 45 minutes and then taste the liquor to verify that there is no off taste.
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