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cleaning perlite
    #7542106 - 10/21/07 10:18 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

so i want to clean my perlite some how before i put my next set of cakes in my fc because i had 1 contaminated cake and i just want to be safe. so what would be the best way of going about this?

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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: blood4blood]
    #7542167 - 10/21/07 10:30 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I am not too sure about cleaning it, but baking it at 400 degrees F for one hour dries it out, I would bet this temp kills most bacteria if not all as well.


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: blood4blood]
    #7542171 - 10/21/07 10:31 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

spray a peroxide/h2o mix on it and mix and spray and mix and spray and mix and spray....make sure youre nice and clean tho. maybe wear some gloves so you dont get dead skin particles and all kinds of unwanted junk in it


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: just me]
    #7542173 - 10/21/07 10:31 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

i think a lot of ppl bake theres too


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: 2600]
    #7542180 - 10/21/07 10:34 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

you will likely lose alot of your perlite from this, so i would suggest just getting some new

but what you need to do is, put it in a strainer and rinse it very well for about 20 mins, rubbing in some peroxide is optional

i'm not sure what temp to tell you to bake it at, but i do know that water will boil, hence evaporate, at 212degrees

so anything above 212degrees until it's dry

then reuse and add clean water


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: anarchOi]
    #7542376 - 10/21/07 11:36 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

peroxide doesnt do really anything and is pointless to use for this "cleaning" bake, rinse, drain. simple as that.


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: xaxphaanes]
    #7542391 - 10/21/07 11:39 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Soak the perlite in a diluted bleach solution. 2 parts bleach to 8 parts water works.

Soak for 30 minutes, then rinse it out really well.


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: ThePyschonaut52]
    #7542400 - 10/21/07 11:41 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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ThePyschonaut52 said:
Soak the perlite in a diluted bleach solution. 2 parts bleach to 8 parts water works.

Soak for 30 minutes, then rinse it out really well.





this is something more along the lines of what i was thinking. cause there is so much of it and i have a small oven i really didnt want to mess with baking it. have you tryed this yourself?


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: blood4blood]
    #7542405 - 10/21/07 11:43 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

works well just make sure you rinse really really really well and it will be fine.I used this method for a while till i found a pan that was huge to bake with.


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: ThePyschonaut52]
    #7542408 - 10/21/07 11:43 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I used to PC the perlite a bag at a time. If your lazy or your cooker isn't that big you can always buy new. It's pretty cheap.


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: allreadyused]
    #7542413 - 10/21/07 11:45 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

awesome guys thanks for the great responses i appreciate it.


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Re: cleaning perlite [Re: blood4blood]
    #7542427 - 10/21/07 11:48 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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this is something more along the lines of what i was thinking. cause there is so much of it and i have a small oven i really didnt want to mess with baking it. have you tryed this yourself?





Yep. Works really good, but yot got rinse it REALLY good.


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