We recommend washing the saddles every 5 to 10 distillations, by rinsing the column with water.
For a thorough clean (every 20 distillations or so), rinse your column with a citric acid mix, (2 tsp citric acid to 1 L (1 US qt) water) then flush with water 2 or 3 times to get rid of the acid. Alternatively, you can unpack your column and soak your saddles in a citric acid mix before rinsing them and placing them back into the column again. Note that the copper saddles should be placed in the column first, followed by the ceramic or stainless-steel saddles.