Will hot water (170 degrees) can off flavors or pull toxins out of the galvanized metal?
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My answer would be it probably would. I'm assuming your preparing a liquid for human consumption? I took a metal class in college and the galvanization process is a to drip the formed metal into a negatively charged metal solution. So,best not. Plastic, although not perfect or stainless would be a better choice. Idea,...You might line it with a safe plastic liner. Hope this helps. G L Roberts
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I'd wash and rinse it first, but it should work; we've used galvanized pots and pans before.Don't scrape it though... the zinc will affect flavor, and it's the only thing that prevents out from rusting.
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If you are going to use for food preparation, you need stainless steel not this one. Industrial use only. I dont know if it would but I wouldn't take the chance.
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I believe it will. It is really made for gasoline and not all of it is galvanized and those items would definitely impart flavor changes.
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Yes, it will. Heating galvanized metal releases zinc fumes. These fumes will accumulate in food and/or water and are also toxic to breath.
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Came here looking just for this reason. I have watched several YouTube videos by plumbers and a few by "This Old House" claiming if you have well water you should use aluminum instead of magnesium anode rod. The magnesium interaction with minerals in well water will cause a sulfer smell. Aluminum supposedly does not have this interaction and will not cause such a smell. The smell I have in my water only comes from the hot water so I was hoping the aluminum rod would help. Not sure if my old is magnesium or aluminum.
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As a tea affectionado myself, I empathize with your concern. As Stoker has said, if you hold the cup only by the handles, you won't get burned. If you are worried about the titanium burning your lips as aluminum most certainly will, IMO, titanium will not transmit heat as badly as will aluminum, titanium being very close to steel in that respect. Take reasonable care, wait until the temperature of the tea is somewhere around 130 to 140 degrees and you should do fine. Thats how I prefer my FTGFOP Darjeeling in my Toaks 450ml around the campfire.
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Any hot water that gets through the metal screen can potentially come into contact with the plastic body before passing on into your cup. I understand wanting to minimize contact with plastic; I bought this filter hoping to minimize the use of paper filters. I actually returned this unit b/c coffee grounds were not filtered well; they were in my cup of coffee, which defeats the purpose of using a filter.
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i don't know but ill go over to my sink where the water comes out @ 159 degrees and see uno momento. i hit with just water and its still here i didn't use soap however but the hot water did good so far 1/28/2015 8:33 PM EST. you can check back later but i think it will be OK.
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Good question! I can't see why not as long as someone doesn't do a taste test while it's in there-zap! and washes it off thoroughly. I saw one on craigslist that was used to heat paint, apparently successfully though it was covered and stained by it. Not sure what the effect of the food right on the element would be.
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I've had a similar experience. I suspect it has to do with minerals in the water. Assuming it comes from your tap water, it should be safe. If you really think this a problem then you could try using distilled water. I'm not a chemist, but the heating surface appears to be Teflon or something similar. So I typically remove the discoloration with mild soap and water, the sooner after it's cooled enough the better, or with some vinegar. As for safe, I use my regularly and have had no problems.
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Hi Devon,We use only high quality, food grade stainless steel (304ss) so there is no retaining or imparting of flavors.Hope this helps!The ChillWarmer Team
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The metal at the cord base has a slight bit of rust on mine as well. I only use water in the bird bath that it heats. I have used white vinegar and an old toothbrush to clean off any mineral build up on the metal element, and then rinse it well. This may be worth a try. Hope this is of some help.
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Steam contacts the lid and the plastic pouring filter. I could smell the hot plastic for about 2-3 weeks, but now there is no longer any hot plastic odor. I was never able to detect any off taste in the water.
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If the inside was cleaned with an SOS pad or metal brush (non stainless steel grade), the carbon scraped into the stainless will rust and spread locally. Dissimilar metals contacting each other will cause oxidation.I've been using my thermos daily for almost 1 1/2 yrs and take extra care when cleaning the inside from build up of coffee grime... been jamming the butt end of a wood spoon and a scotch-brite pad to scrape the inside clean, it's effort but works great. Other than a few minor dents, my thermos has had no issues.
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That sound sort of dangerous...i looked it up on the insinkerator doctor and it wasn't really a "question" though it did say that over hot water could lead to spitting and spouting of water. Perhaps turn it down a little and call insinkerator if that doesn't work.
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I would be more worried about the quality of the drinking water. And honestly the last time I checked is it safe and clean for another 3 years. I heard plastic-laced water boosts your intelligence 10%. So drink plastic-coated water from a $200 water boiler and be smart or drink iron-infused water from a $20 iron kettle and be stronger. The bigger concern you should be thinking is what idiot spends $200 to boil water continuously for days on end. If you want something to worry about I would be terrified about the bacteria that grows in the water between 172 and 195F. In order to kill that you have to boil it to 212F so might as well just get the old cheap iron kettle.
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Either distilled water or water that has been recently boiled. Of course if you boil the water then cool it down to room temp before using it. The reason for this is to ensure there are no microbes or pathogens in the water.
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Are you washing it only with plain hot water and either a steel pad or brush (no soap, ever), then heating the pan back up to dry it and recoating it with a light coating of oil? I have not had any off-flavors with anything I've cooked. It there is any rust be sure to scour it out with a steel brush and recondition.
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You can get a copper cleaner. Don't use on the inside and make sure it isn't flammable.
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I have had moderate success using vinegar through the machine, so it is hot. Cold vinegar seems to do little. This still does not get it spotless. But it seems to remove anything that affects coffee taste. If you want to disinfect, use a bleach solution in water. A few tablespoons of bleach is plenty to soak the bottle. Rinse heavily & repeatedly to get out any bleach after taste. If you want to go a step further get a scrubbing brush made for cleaning inside baby bottle. Then try whatever cleaning agent you want. I have never tried it but if desperate to get out stain color I would try muriatic acid (available from pool supply companies). Again rinse very heavily afterwards. I have had moderate success using vinegar through the machine, so it is hot. Cold vinegar seems to do little. This still does not get it spotless. But it seems to remove anything that affects coffee taste. If you want to disinfect, use a bleach solution in water. A few tablespoons of bleach is plenty to soak the bottle. Rinse heavily & repeatedly to get out any bleach after taste. If you want to go a step further get a scrubbing brush made for cleaning inside baby bottle. Then try whatever cleaning agent you want. I have never tried it but if desperate to get out stain color I... » Read More I have had moderate success using vinegar through the machine, so it is hot. Cold vinegar seems to do little. This still does not get it spotless. But it seems to remove anything that affects coffee taste. If you want to disinfect, use a bleach solution in water. A few tablespoons of bleach is plenty to soak the bottle. Rinse heavily & repeatedly to get out any bleach after taste. If you want to go a step further get a scrubbing brush made for cleaning inside baby bottle. Then try whatever cleaning agent you want. I have never tried it but if desperate to get out stain color I would try muriatic acid (available from pool supply companies). Again rinse very heavily afterwards. « Show Less