I just rinse mine with cold water and keep going no matter how yellow and crusty they get. I used the same strainer for over a year one time and even though I use milk in my mix I never got ill from it.
I find that vinegar works better than isopropyl. I take my strainer bags and put them in an old shaker with dish soap and vinegar give it a shake and let it sit overnight. While I am sure the IPA sanitized the bags well it never quite broke down the sticky yellow residue the same as vinegar. I have two nylon bags that are almost as white and clean as they day I got them 6 months ago...previous to that bags would get yellow and gunk up within weeks. I also have a bad habit of leaving strainer bags, with kava in them overnight.....'cause I am lazy and doubly so when krunk. The vinegar still seems to clean them up nice. It is also cheaper than IPA....if that matters.
I am the exact same way, good to know about the excellent results with vinegar. Are you using white vinegar? wonder if I can use cider...
Yeah, I use white vinegar 5%. I have found some 6% as well but since it is diluted anyways when I put it into the shaker with hot water it really doesn't matter. I don't see why apple wouldn't work it has the same acidity - but I am guessing it has some sugar in it that might leave a residue? Not sure. The white definitely with a quick cold water rinse gets any "vinegar flavor" removed. A gallon is about $3.
I don't wash either.
It's ok, It's kava patina, it's gorgeous!
Yea, not just squeezes from the bags, but leaks from bottle seals when you shake those
