Originally Posted by
Bucksaw
Filtered for the first time last night...wow was that a slow process! I used some paper filters cut up to fit a stainless strainer and filtered through that...they would clog up pretty quickly and have to be rinsed off before they would work again. The last post got me thinking...could you just use regular coffee filters? Stack a few of them on top of eachother to a better filter or are they too porous?
Do yourself a big favor go buy a cloth filter and some pre filters. Wash and re-use them I have poured over 30 gallons of syrup through mine and it still looks like new just rince out with hot water before it dries
Homemade 46 by 26 wood boiler with two polished stainless pans
Home made sugar shack with Caputo Rooftop
15 gallon pre-heater tank with a circulating copper pipe stack heater.
two 45 gallon storage tanks with transfer pumps
150 taps (buckets)
Arctic Cat Prowler
Two big reds with bucket holders to collect the sap
Good wife to assist me
Getting sweeter one drop at a time.
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