Basic milking supplies?

i get my half gallon jars from ace hardware around 12.50

Pony, I find that if you rinse well with cold water first and then wash and sterilize as usual, that the milk stone doesn't build up.

Baking soda is a good idea for removing it though and white vinegar will remove hard water build up on your glass and stainless steel both if you have trouble with that. Just soak in vinegar for a few minutes and it will usually rinse right out. For more stubborn build up (like my shower heads for instance), I'll let things soak in vinegar over night.

I find it odd everyone is suggesting baking soda to remove milk stone - I was under the impression that ACID removes milk stone - and baking soda is a base. I've heard of using vinegar (acetic acid) to remove milkstone.

I use the acid wash. I even had some milk stone build up on my pasteurizing bucket (yet another 8qt ss stock pot from family dollar) that the dilute acid wash wouldn't even remove. I had to pour it on full strength (wearing gloves) and spread it around. It came off REALLY easy then.

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Baking soda is a base but it also serves as a pretty decent "scrub" sort of like Comet. Since I started rinsing my supplies in cold water before washing, I haven't had a problem with milkstone but in the past if I had milkstone that the vinegar wouldn't eat, then I have used baking soda to scrub it away.