Brilliant. Worked exactly as you described it, unlike some other 'solutions' on TH-cam. My flask was absolutely filthy, but after first treatment 95% of the muck was removed, after the second treatment...absolutely brand new. I wonder how many other 'tradies' are out there poisoning themselves? John, Ballina NSW
I tried the baking soda and the vinegar solutions...they worked a little for sure...but this stuff? Wow, 3 teaspoons in my caraffe, super hot water, and an hour later it was spotless! Thank you!!
This is a great idea. I have some of this lying around for my kegerator. Unfortunately for those who don’t, it is quite expensive (twice the cost of an old Stanley thermos) for a tub.
Thank you so much for this video. I tried everything on my thermos, vinegar overnight, brush attachment for my impact drill, and using that together with Bar Keeper's Friend... Nothing worked, I just about gave up until I found your video. It was incredible seeing all the gunk just pour out of my thermos afterwards without any scrubbing on my part. Looks brand new now. Thank you sir!
Thanks a million. Excellent, simple guidance and it works incredibly well. My thermos is like new inside. 2 tsp of powder and fill to top w boiling water, covered it w foil so rubber stopper isn’t affected. 1/2 hour and dump. Two years of guck inside that thermos was astounding because I wash it every day and tried baking soda, vinegar, you name it. Rinse well, as you said.
thanks, its been cold lately and i bought my first thermos, a new stanley classic design. it was on clearance for some reason, so I had to buy it. after a few uses, i noticed i havent been able to get it clean. been trying lots of things, tried rubbing alcohol + salt shake, overnight hot water and dawn ultra, scrubbing in vain. i definitely need to do this, thanks for cracking an egg of knowledge on all of us lol.
For a DIY mixture and a lot less money here is a recipe: Five Star themselves say that PBW is basically 70% percarbonate (aka Oxyclean) and 30% sodium metasilicate, which (supposedly) counteracts hard water, which causes the haze a lot of folks see when using straight Oxyclean. Components: • Red Devil TSP/90 (Trisodium Phosphate) • Oxyclean Use 2 Parts sodium metasilicate (TSP from Ace Hardware) to 1 parts Oxyclean (or some other washing soda) will work great and is a fine replacement for PBW.
Great video. I just ordered some from Amazon. I have some vintage 80's made in Japan vacuum bottles that are going to get the PBW treatment. Thanks for the info. You should consider making more videos, you get straight to the point, they are informative, and good videography work.
Thermos Japan makes electrolysis cleaners and some are imported into the US and can be found on eBay, Amazon, Walmart online, for less than a 800ml bottle the part# is APA-800, for up to 1,500ml use part# APA-1500. I think it comes with a sample of the powdered cleaner/electrolyte (part# APB-150) but you would need to buy that too. All the writing on the package is in Japanese of course, but you can use Google Translates camera function to easily follow the directions.
Brilliant.
Worked exactly as you described it, unlike some other 'solutions' on TH-cam.
My flask was absolutely filthy, but after first treatment 95% of the muck was removed, after the second treatment...absolutely brand new.
I wonder how many other 'tradies' are out there poisoning themselves?
John, Ballina NSW
After watching your review, I bought a kilo of PBW. I’ll see how it goes when it arrives. Mine cost me $26 for a kilo. Still, worth it.
I tried the baking soda and the vinegar solutions...they worked a little for sure...but this stuff? Wow, 3 teaspoons in my caraffe, super hot water, and an hour later it was spotless! Thank you!!
This is a great idea. I have some of this lying around for my kegerator. Unfortunately for those who don’t, it is quite expensive (twice the cost of an old Stanley thermos) for a tub.
Thank you so much for this video. I tried everything on my thermos, vinegar overnight, brush attachment for my impact drill, and using that together with Bar Keeper's Friend... Nothing worked, I just about gave up until I found your video. It was incredible seeing all the gunk just pour out of my thermos afterwards without any scrubbing on my part. Looks brand new now. Thank you sir!
Thanks a million. Excellent, simple guidance and it works incredibly well. My thermos is like new inside.
2 tsp of powder and fill to top w boiling water, covered it w foil so rubber stopper isn’t affected. 1/2 hour and dump. Two years of guck inside that thermos was astounding because I wash it every day and tried baking soda, vinegar, you name it. Rinse well, as you said.
thanks, its been cold lately and i bought my first thermos, a new stanley classic design. it was on clearance for some reason, so I had to buy it. after a few uses, i noticed i havent been able to get it clean. been trying lots of things, tried rubbing alcohol + salt shake, overnight hot water and dawn ultra, scrubbing in vain. i definitely need to do this, thanks for cracking an egg of knowledge on all of us lol.
For a DIY mixture and a lot less money here is a recipe: Five Star themselves say that PBW is basically 70% percarbonate (aka Oxyclean) and 30% sodium metasilicate, which (supposedly) counteracts hard water, which causes the haze a lot of folks see when using straight Oxyclean.
Components:
• Red Devil TSP/90 (Trisodium Phosphate)
• Oxyclean
Use 2 Parts sodium metasilicate (TSP from Ace Hardware) to 1 parts Oxyclean (or some other washing soda) will work great and is a fine replacement for PBW.
Great video. I just ordered some from Amazon. I have some vintage 80's made in Japan vacuum bottles that are going to get the PBW treatment. Thanks for the info. You should consider making more videos, you get straight to the point, they are informative, and good videography work.
Oh, excellent. I can finally properly clean my dad's old thermos. Those coffee stains at the bottom always gave me pause, but it'll be good now.
Same exact situation with me lol
This is a great tutorial. Very simple method that works like a charm.
Instablaster.
Thank you from Florida, U.S.A Will give a try :)
5000 views but only 34 likes for such easy learning. humans are some lazy slugs lol thnaks for the help! buying this stuff now.
9.99 for a jar of tablets on the ZON :)
This is amazing!!!!
The inventor passed away before his work was a success. He was given a posthermos award
Was that a pun? :)
@@Jefferderp are you really Flasking that question?
You again
Can I oil paint inside of a thermos flask?
Great video - thanks & thumbs up!
Will it get the hotdog odours out of the thermos?
Does this also work well with Stanley Ceramivac?
Bought some , absolutely rubbish , didn’t touch the timescale in my flask
Thermos Japan makes electrolysis cleaners and some are imported into the US and can be found on eBay, Amazon, Walmart online, for less than a 800ml bottle the part# is APA-800, for up to 1,500ml use part# APA-1500. I think it comes with a sample of the powdered cleaner/electrolyte (part# APB-150) but you would need to buy that too. All the writing on the package is in Japanese of course, but you can use Google Translates camera function to easily follow the directions.
My stanley pint vacuum bottle started making my coffee taste skunky, could'nt get it straightened out so quit using it.
Sweet ty
I wonder if we can get that in Canada?
Canada? I'm surprised they allowed you to even get online and ask a question. You're probably on a watchlist now.
It is on Amazon $13 for a one pound container.
Peroxide and baking powder and boiled water is better