When I wired our house for ethernet a couple weekends ago, I was convinced that we were probably going to have to call Verizon to come out and save us from my own stupidity. I imagined the unpleasant conversation with my wife where I said “honey, I killed our internet”, and the embarrasing confession to a Verizon tech of “well, I *thought* I knew what I was doing…”. Nothing was as nerve wracking as when I finally cut the wires Verizon had installed… And I felt like a total bad@$$ when everything worked perfectly, no call to Verizon needed.

I suspect when you reassemble your kegs, you might get one that needs a little tweaking, but most will hold pressure from the get-go, guarenteed.

And now I go forth to brew a Singel…

Yeah, the Barkeeper’s Friend was definitely an option, but since you had already proven that to work at 20-30 minutes I was looking for a similar (or better) solution that would be less time intensive. I’ll have to keep looking for now.

I know the rebuilds will all work out, doesn’t it always? It’s more the feeling of I have no idea what I am doing to a degree and that always bothers me may it be keg rebuilding, fixing something around the house, or creating something new. But I guess that’s where a sense of accomplishment also comes from.

I think you found the reason I just go with a Barkeeper’s Friend polish on the outside of the kegs - Even with powertools, its alot of work. I’ve got some stuff to put on my drill to buff out particularly nasty dings and blemishes, but most of the time I don’t bother.

Don’t sweat the rebuilding, seriously - It will all work out. I’ve got a ton of “universal” poppets if you need some, and even some funky ones if you need those…