Reusing Muslin bags

[SeeFar]

First up, apologies if this is a dopey question.

Just did my first partial mash and added my own hops where previous experience has just been with basic tin brews.

My question is simple, can the muslin bags that had the grain and the hops in them be washed and reused or are they single use only? If I can wash them can anyone advise on the best method to do so?

Thanks.

 

[Grott]

I turn the bag inside out and rinse well. Then in a bucket of fairly hot water with sodium percarbonate over night. Rinse well and dry inside to avoid outside contamination. (Dust, wild yeast etc). When ready to reuse, soak in starsan or other non rinse sanitiser, rinse out and away you go.

 

[mondestrunken]

BIAB grain bags: Rinse inside and out and try to get as much of the grains, etc. then hang on the clothes line until dry, store. When needed again, shake out inside and out and reuse.
Hop bags: same thing except before use I boil for 15 minutes or so in a saucepan (but it tends to boil over easily). They hold the heat well so it's easy to burn yourself on this after the boil though. Unlike Grott I don't have a problem with drying outside, since I figure a boil would kill anything bad.

 

[Grott]

You have a point there, forgot about the boil.
Cheers

 

[SeeFar]

Thanks, Gents.

All makes sense, I rinsed the crap out of them, washed them in that Morgans lo-suds stuff, rinsed and soaked. They are drying now (inside, but raining out anyway!) and will boil the hoppers before using again.

Much obliged.

 

[lost at sea]

shake out grain, hang on clothes line (ensure wife's clean clothes are not in vicinity) spray with hose and leave to dry...as stated above. the boil will kill em dead...


also i dont use a muslin bag but a pre made one....and by turning it inside out with the seam on the outside, before it goes into kettle, that far less grain gets stuck in the seams/corners when it comes to cleaning out.....