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so everyone says that plastic is ok to use for a primary when there is active fermentation cause of the positive osmatic pressure (inside to out) but you cannot keep beer in it as a secondary due to the fact that it can become oxidized.... what if you were to submerge your plastic vessel in water? would it still get oxidized?

Ooooooooo, a riddle!
I think if you boiled the water first to get rid of the dissolved oxygen, that would surely help. But then you have exposed water hanging around for a few weeks, so it would get nasty (especially here in the mold capital of the world, the Pacific Northwest).
You could do that and it would be better than nothing, but not as good as a carboy.
But I like the thought provoking idea.

well, actually i was thinking of something on a larger scale than a carboy. maybe something like
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=usplastic&category%5Fname=20726&product%5Fid=3863

Wow. I guess it would just be a matter of not keeping them in there for too long. Are those airtight? I would imagine they would be.

it would be cheaper and easier to wrap it in saran wrap .. I think plastic wrap is imperiable to oxygen

they're only rated to 1.7 specific gravity

FeldmarshalReinheitsgebot wrote:they're only rated to 1.7 specific gravity

If you are brewing something higher than 1.700 OG, you're nuts.
But 1.070 would make a tasty brew.

ColdBraue wrote:

FeldmarshalReinheitsgebot wrote:they're only rated to 1.7 specific gravity

If you are brewing something higher than 1.700 OG, you're nuts.
But 1.070 would make a tasty brew.

ok you're right brother stupid decimal points

I'm not used to seeing 1.7 as an O.G.