My first two wine kits are underway nicely, but I've noticed that I'm
going through an awful hassle in the process of sterilizing everything
that comes in contact with my wine. I've heard the saying "there's no
such thing as too sterile" uttered from a local winemaker, but on the
flipside is my wife, who worked in a VERY sterile genetics lab. I'm
pretty sure that most winemakers don't own their own autoclave to
sterilise every little tool they have (at least I hope that's not the
case!).

Do you all soak your tools (wine theif, hydrometer, giant stir spoon,
etc) in the sterlizing solution (that pink stuff) for the 20 minutes
it says on the package? What about your hands? That stuff is
destroying my hands!

So far I've been doing this, but I can see a great deal of frustration
in the future once I have more than two batches of wine going at once!