Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

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Re: Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

Postby gad » Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:33 pm

Or for a smaller qty, I was looking at this site yesterday:

True Water Filters: http://www.truwater.com.au/replacement- ... g?cPath=64

It's 1kg for $12.95 & normal postage of $10.
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Re: Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

Postby fizzydrink » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:48 pm

just curious.. i think i read somewhere that just soaking the carbon in your neutral would do the job.
is that right? pita to do it that way though, having to filter it back out etc..

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Re: Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

Postby Zak Griffin » Thu Dec 05, 2013 8:07 pm

Soaking carbon with neutral is how the bad shit gets into the carbon in the first place...
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Re: Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

Postby Sam. » Thu Dec 05, 2013 8:59 pm

There is a method where you can add the carbon straight into a demi with your spirit then give it a shake every day for a week or two and then let it settle out for as long as you want. Then you can decant most off without any of the carbon coming with it and you might have to filter the final bits. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

Postby Aussiedownunder01 » Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:29 pm

sam_and_liv wrote:There is a method where you can add the carbon straight into a demi with your spirit then give it a shake every day for a week or two and then let it settle out for as long as you want. Then you can decant most off without any of the carbon coming with it and you might have to filter the final bits. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

With this filter that I am building that's what I am hoping to achieve
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=365&view=unread#unread
Fill the horizontal pipe with carbon and the vertical pipe then tip your product in with a bit more carbon if you like leave it sit for a while then slowly draw the product through the carbon nice and slow
Thanks Dock for the idea
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Re: Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

Postby Sam. » Thu Dec 05, 2013 11:08 pm

Aussiedownunder01 wrote:
sam_and_liv wrote:There is a method where you can add the carbon straight into a demi with your spirit then give it a shake every day for a week or two and then let it settle out for as long as you want. Then you can decant most off without any of the carbon coming with it and you might have to filter the final bits. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

With this filter that I am building that's what I am hoping to achieve
http://aussiedistiller.com.au/viewtopic ... ead#unread
Fill the horizontal pipe with carbon and the vertical pipe then tip your product in with a bit more carbon if you like leave it sit for a while then slowly draw the product through the carbon nice and slow
Thanks Dock for the idea


Another point with all this carbon talk, if you let one lot of good spirit run through the filter don't let another good batch run through at a faster rate as you may pull all the impurities out again. Slow is good with carbon :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

Postby fizzydrink » Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:08 pm

Zak Griffin wrote:Soaking carbon with neutral is how the bad shit gets into the carbon in the first place...


Sorry zac. Not sure what you mean. I know the carbons purpo a e is to get rid of impurities. But what are you meaning?

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Re: Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

Postby Aussiedownunder01 » Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:45 pm

simple get a demijohn of 40 % put a couple of handfuls of carbon shake every every day for a few filter it of its done the job or read this
http://www.clarencewaterfilters.com.au/ ... arbon.html
I am only going on what the doctor said and you know he is the MAN ;-)
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Re: Filtering yes i know its frowned apon

Postby Aussiedownunder01 » Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:09 pm

Just currently running this filter man its great to run :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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