Fine sediment in bottom of syrup bottle

[SeanD]

I would try using 4 pre filters. When you wash them make sure you use hot water and rinse with cold water. Don't wring them out. Also make sure they are moist and warm before filtering. We will start with 7 pre filter and a finish filter in our flat filter canner. Pull filters as they plug up. Finish the night with still 4 pre filters

I hadn't heard about wash hot then rinse cold before. I just use hot water all the way through. What does the cold water do?

[whity]

I hadn't heard about wash hot then rinse cold before. I just use hot water all the way through. What does the cold water do?

We use cold water rinse to get rid of sediment that still sticks to the filter. They look clean till you hit them with the cold water and see a fine brown residue just float away. With the spray nozzle of course.

[buckeye gold]

The cold rinse is new to me as well, but I'll certainly give it a try. This old dog will still try to learn new tricks. Thanks for the tip

[mspina14]

I would try using 4 pre filters. When you wash them make sure you use hot water and rinse with cold water. Don't wring them out. Also make sure they are moist and warm before filtering. We will start with 7 pre filter and a finish filter in our flat filter canner. Pull filters as they plug up. Finish the night with still 4 pre filters

Thanks Whity.

I use 2 pre-filters and a finish filter. And it seems to take the syrup forever to drain completely. I can't even imagine how long it would take with 7 pre-filters.

What kind of pre-filters do you use?

thanks

Mark

[n8hutch]

Are your pre filters hot?are your prefilters damp/moist? The syrup should go through the prefilters rather quickly at first, as it starts to slow you need to pull off the top one and continue filtering until it slows.I've put up to 10 gallons or more through one flat felt filter and using roughly 7-8 prefilters, even when we used cone filters we could get 3 gallons through them.

[whity]

Thanks Whity.

I use 2 pre-filters and a finish filter. And it seems to take the syrup forever to drain completely. I can't even imagine how long it would take with 7 pre-filters.

What kind of pre-filters do you use?

thanks

Mark

We use the flat prefilters you get at Bascoms. They come in various sizes. Just cut them to fit so they wrap up and over the sides of your filter tray. Not just to lay on the bottom. They need to go up the sides and over the side of the tray.

[whity]

Are your pre filters hot?are your prefilters damp/moist? The syrup should go through the prefilters rather quickly at first, as it starts to slow you need to pull off the top one and continue filtering until it slows.I've put up to 10 gallons or more through one flat felt filter and using roughly 7-8 prefilters, even when we used cone filters we could get 3 gallons through them.

Nate is correct, They need to be wet and hot to filter well. We clean ours daily and hang them over the front pan to stay hot/warm from the steam

[mspina14]

Last season I dipped the pre-filters in the boiling sap in the sap pan before using them in the filter tank. Got them good and wet (and burned my hand on the boiling sap in the process).

Should that work as well as steaming them?

Mark

[Thompson's Tree Farm]

Last season I dipped the pre-filters in the boiling sap in the sap pan before using them in the filter tank. Got them good and wet (and burned my hand on the boiling sap in the process).

Should that work as well as steaming them?

Mark

should work fine

[n8hutch]

Only problem I can see with that is you have the potential to contaminate your filters with whatever is floating around in your sap pan, including dust/debris/I get a fair amount of niter in mine. Are you wetting your felt with boiling sap also?