Buon Vino Mini Jet Filter

[Larry]

To the people who use this filter, I have a couple of questions.

Is the #1 course pad washable and reusable?
How soon can I use the #1 course pad..I was thinking I shouldn't use it
for racking from the primary to the carboy...but use it for my next
racking from carboy to carboy...is this acceptable? Is there a point
when the sediment is too much for the filter to handle?

any other advice from experienced users of this filter would be
appreciated.

Thanks,
Larry

[Sean Hamilton]

Larry wrote:
>
> To the people who use this filter, I have a couple of questions.
>
> Is the #1 course pad washable and reusable?

If you're talking about the paper ones, I've never reused them. I'm
not sure how you would get them clean enough. Kind of like reusing
paper towels...

> How soon can I use the #1 course pad..I was thinking I shouldn't use it
> for racking from the primary to the carboy...but use it for my next
> racking from carboy to carboy...is this acceptable?

That's usually the point where I use it. Normally I'll pump the wine
out of the carboy and into a bucket then filter it back into a clean
carboy.

> Is there a point
> when the sediment is too much for the filter to handle?

Definitely! When wine is spraying 5'-6' into the air from
around the filter pads you've passed it. :)

[Lum]

You might enjoy reading the chapter on wine filtration in "The Home
Winemakers Manual" Larry. The URL is http://home.att.net/~lumeisenman

Larry <"burkhalter"@\"remove this\"earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>To the people who use this filter, I have a couple of questions.
>
>Is the #1 course pad washable and reusable?

>How soon can I use the #1 course pad..I was thinking I shouldn't use
it
>for racking from the primary to the carboy...but use it for my next

>racking from carboy to carboy...is this acceptable? Is there a point

>when the sediment is too much for the filter to handle?
>

[sz...@my-dejanews.com]

In article <7bn2b9$mtn$1...@birch.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,

Larry <"burkhalter"@\"remove this\"earthlink.net> wrote:
> To the people who use this filter, I have a couple of questions.
>
> Is the #1 course pad washable and reusable?
> How soon can I use the #1 course pad..I was thinking I shouldn't use it
> for racking from the primary to the carboy...but use it for my next
> racking from carboy to carboy...is this acceptable? Is there a point
> when the sediment is too much for the filter to handle?
>
> any other advice from experienced users of this filter would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Larry
>
>

Larry,

I just use the filter just before bottling. A couple (or more) of rackings,
and adding clarifiers gets rid of most of the sediment. At the early stages,
there is just too much particulate matter around, it would probably clog the
filter.

I use the #2 grade filters. don't know about the #1 grade, but if it's paper,
you can't reuse it.

George Szatmari
Univ. de Montreal

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[Harry A. Demidavicius]

I go along w. George. I filter w #2 just before [a day] bottling.
Harry Demidavicius

[the boy of a thousand shirts]

Larry wrote:
>
> To the people who use this filter, I have a couple of questions.
>
> Is the #1 course pad washable and reusable?
> How soon can I use the #1 course pad..I was thinking I shouldn't use it
> for racking from the primary to the carboy...but use it for my next
> racking from carboy to carboy...is this acceptable? Is there a point
> when the sediment is too much for the filter to handle?
>
> any other advice from experienced users of this filter would be
> appreciated.

dear sir

i've used most buon vino filter machines--super jet, mini jet--
and the protocol is pretty similar for each. filtering is a
case by case job; certain wines naturally have more serious
deposits and thicknesses to deal with. if you're filtering
whites, for example, filter a chardonnays, sauvingnon blancs,
etc (ergo all dry type whites) before piesporters, liebfraus,
etc, (ergo sweet-tooths)...residual sugars, etc., will cause
blockage. #2 works for some situations, #1 for others. . . .
method is primary in success; how you filter will determine
a good outcome or not.

if your machine sends spurts of mixed wine and lees out through
the pads and into the great blue beyond--indeed, 5-6 feet i've
seen before--then you're doing something wrong. you should
install a pressure gauge, if you're without one, and use that
as an indication of when and when not to worry...such a situation
should never even occurr.

take care
william

[Dutchpeter]

Use only one time. You can filter 2 batches of wine 5G. To many bacteria if you
clean
Peter Bentley,Winecountry