I have an account that is a national chain that I have been cleaning for about 4 years. that restaurant is inspected by an independent auditor. The auditor will stick a wadded up cocktail napkin up the spout of the faucet and if the napkin comes out dirty the restaurant has points taken off. After I had cleaned the system the manager did the napkin check and found a brown stain on the napkin.
The faucets are chrome plated brass and are very worn. I have suggested that they update to stainless steel faucets. I have found by check my other accounts that this does not happen with stainless steel faucets or older chrome plated brass faucets. This happens mostly with Perlick faucets.
Is this happening because of poor quality brass? Has the low PH of the beer eaten away at the brass? Is this just normal oxidation? I have tried using different solutions, nylon brushes and ss brushes with the same result.
Has anyone ever tried this method of checking faucets after cleaning?
The faucets are chrome plated brass and are very worn. I have suggested that they update to stainless steel faucets. I have found by check my other accounts that this does not happen with stainless steel faucets or older chrome plated brass faucets. This happens mostly with Perlick faucets.
Is this happening because of poor quality brass? Has the low PH of the beer eaten away at the brass? Is this just normal oxidation? I have tried using different solutions, nylon brushes and ss brushes with the same result.
Has anyone ever tried this method of checking faucets after cleaning?
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