Filtering for small batches

[parrothead600]

I reduce my sap outside on my homemade evaporator & bring it in the house to finish it for bottling. I use a coffee urn with several layers of filer material for my final filtering/bottling.
When I'm boiling it in the house, I found that adding a slight bit of milk to the syrup will help bring the "crud" to the surface, where it can be skimmed & help clarify the syrup before the final filtering. I have read that using milk is not a good practice. What products are there that would serve the same purpose?

[psparr]

If it's for your own use, milk is perfectly acceptable.
Here's a video that's really neat. It's long but worth the time. He used egg whites.
https://youtu.be/50kgUq6YYdw

[McVey Mike]

I use a food grade 5 gallon bucket (HDPE plastic rated for hot temps). Cut a whole in the lid just big enough to fit a smaller 2 gallon (or so) bucket with its bottom cut out. Hang an orlon filter in the smaller bucket, and line it with 4 or so prefilters. As the prefilters clog, remove one by one, pouring the syrup into the next prefilter. If you want you can put a valve in the bottom of the bucket to bottle the syrup.

It works like a charm.... I filtered 10.5 gallons of finished syrup (my first boil) in probably 10 minutes and I never had to change the final orlon filter! 150% improvement over last year (holding the filter over a kettle... That hot steam coming up through the filter keeps it piping hot, and the syrup slides right through. Bottled 10.5 gallons of beautiful crystal clear syrup!

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