Thread: Vial Prep

Hey Brothers. Ive read a lot of diferent ways to clean and sterilize vials without autoclave.

Pressure cook. Alcohol bath. Alcohol bath then heat in oven. Just heat in oven.

Id like to ask you boys how you prep your vials? How long have you been doing it your way without any problems?

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I've always dipped mine in acetone and let them dry. I know most boil first

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Cheers bud

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You can use a pressure cooker which works best if you are going to be sterilizing capped vials. The pressure in the cooker normalizes the internal pressures in the vials so you will not need to vent them. Just be sure to let it cool slowly. If you remove the pressure too quickly the vials could pop.

You can also use a dry air oven. The standard setting for a hot air oven is at least two hours at 160 °C.

Here is a link with common sterilization procedures and temperature/times. Sterilization (microbiology) - Wikipedia

There are many types of chemical sterilization as the poster above mentioned. Just be sure that there will not be chemical residue once the solvent has evaporated. Also once the chemical sterilizer is evaporated bacteria will be able to inhabit the surfaces.

Good info. Thanks bro

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Wash first ,alcohol bath , then oven at 340 for a hour .

get presterile vials they will save you time and time is all we have in this world. I learned from the ground up and I can tell you the this it will shave days off your week if you brew often

getting all kinds of knowledge here.

All answers are here wooooo

I ended up buying pre sterilized uncrimped. Very easy option. Cheers boys

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