Do you clean your worm?

[Jeremy C]

So, do you clean your corkscrew after each use, or just if you happen to notice TCA? I forgot to clean mine after using it previously on a tainted wine but fortunately no transfer (that I could perceive at least) occurred.

[Br1an Th0rne]

The thought of cleaning my worm has never occurred to me!

[D@vid Bu3ker]

It’s a rather personal question.

[Scott Brunson]

It’s a rather personal question.

AFTER I wash my face.

[Rich K0rz€nk0]

Often, and its wonderful

[Rodrigo B]

I sometimes forget when using a waiter's corkscrew, but I always clean my durand between uses, both the worm and the prongs

[J D o v e]

Most of the time I’m using my Coravin (hooked up to an argon tank) and I’ve been using the same needle, without any cleaning, for about a year. It’s opened plenty of corked wines... So, no, I would never think to clean a worm after opening a corked bottle.

[Chris Seiber]

If you do it too often, you could go blind.

[GregT]

So, do you clean your corkscrew after each use, or just if you happen to notice TCA? I forgot to clean mine after using it previously on a tainted wine but fortunately no transfer (that I could perceive at least) occurred.

Jeremy -

Seriously - why bother?

Even if you put it into a TCA tainted cork, what are the chances you put that TCA into another cork? More to the point, what if you did? You're taking that second cork out. It's not like the TCA will instantly shoot through the cork and into the wine.

[Craig G]

As a matter of fact, I rinsed my Durand yesterday.

[Brian Tuite]

It’s a rather personal question.

AFTER I wash my face.

I’m one of those strange people who washes his face last, I shave in the shower. (My face not my worm.)

[Scott Watkins]

Seriously sometimes you people scare me

[Jeremy C]

So, do you clean your corkscrew after each use, or just if you happen to notice TCA? I forgot to clean mine after using it previously on a tainted wine but fortunately no transfer (that I could perceive at least) occurred.

Jeremy -

Seriously - why bother?

Even if you put it into a TCA tainted cork, what are the chances you put that TCA into another cork? More to the point, what if you did? You're taking that second cork out. It's not like the TCA will instantly shoot through the cork and into the wine.

I’m a Berserker! Rational thought is a secondary consideration.

[Jeremy C]

If you do it too often, you could go blind.

As a fellow Catholic, I resemble this.

[Jeremy Holmes]

Its my worm and I'll clean it as vigorously as I like.

[R Roberts]

That's not how TCA works. I've never washed my literal worm...

[Anton D]

I have a special “Screw-det “ I use to washclean my ‘Waiter’s Friend’ after I soil it by uncorking a bottle.

I try to avoid CTDS, corkscrew transmitted detritus. It’s my own personal Viet Nam, so to speak.

[NED VALOIS]

It's NOT a worm, It's a Snake !

[JDavisRoby]

I use bleach.

[Anton D]

I use bleach.

Try some nonoxynol-9.

[blarmston]

If you do it too often, you could go blind.

aaaand this wins the internet today... Well played

[Tom G l a s g o w]

I use bleach.

Sounds like a starter for TCA.

[Jeremy C]

That's not how TCA works. I've never washed my literal worm...

Care to elaborate? And yes, despite the puerility, there was indeed a serious question in my post.

[Markus S]

S'cuse me???

[Victor Hong]

That explains the hairy hands.

[JDavisRoby]

I use bleach.

Sounds like a starter for TCA.

Should’ve added the sarcasm emoji.

[Brian Tuite]

I use bleach.

Sounds like a starter for TCA.

Should’ve added the sarcasm emoji.

[Eric Levine.gif]

[Sarah S]

Please do. Your SO will thank you.

[Rich K0rz€nk0]

If you do it too often, you could go blind.

Mama said the same thing but it would fall off.

She was wrong.

<channeling my best Bobby Boucher accent>

[Terry H a r r i s]

Please do. Your SO will thank you.

Yep, keeping the junk clean is a priority!