Iodophor Sanitizer
The old-school iodine sanitizer. No-rinse, fast-acting, faintly orange.
Russ-approved
≈ $11–$12price range
Iodophor is what your grandfather sanitized with. It works. It's cheap. It tints things faintly orange and that's fine.
Mix at 12.5 ppm, contact for two minutes, drain. Don't go crazy on concentration — more iodine isn't more clean.
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Russ keeps a bottle around for the rare days Star San runs out.
Backup sanitizer or first choice if you don't like Star San foam.
- 16 oz concentrate
- 1 oz makes 5 gallons sanitizer
- No-rinse at proper dilution
- 2-minute contact time
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