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bryankloos
02-23-2020, 08:09 PM
Can anyone post some pics of the sludge in a cone filter after boiling?
I have brown sludge that accumulates, and I'm wondering how normal this is?
Some of this sludge also collects at the hiw water (sap) line on the sections of the pan dividers.
Niter? Gunk? Funk? What is it???

Sugarmaker
02-23-2020, 11:42 PM
Sounds a lot like niter or sugarsand.
Keep boiling.
Regards,
Chris

highlandcattle
02-24-2020, 05:33 AM
Sugar sand. That's what you're filtering out.

bryankloos
02-24-2020, 08:16 AM
That what I've been told, but its sludgy.. I guess when I think of san I think of hard granules...
Not a viscous brown sludge.

Trapper2
02-24-2020, 07:57 PM
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Dumped out of cone filter.

bryankloos
02-24-2020, 10:07 PM
That’s the stuff!! Thanks for setting me at ease.