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    Default Orlon filter too far gone?

    I had my Orlon filter and a pre-filter stored in a Ziploc bag in our basement last year...it's usually very dry down there with our dehumidifier but this year has been insanely wet and both filters got what looks like some mold on it that or just discoloration. Any opinions on salvaging this filter?
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

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    Toss it, buy a new one. It's too far gone. They are cheap enough just get a new one. It's not worth it to risk losing your hard earned syrup over a $15 filter.
    Jake
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    I'd agree. That is most likely mold and even if it's not would you want to risk ditching a batch of finished syrop to find out!?
    2023 - 130 taps, 90L from 4,000L as of mid March
    2021 - 84 taps, 50L from 2100L
    2020 - 100 taps on buckets, 21L syrup from 2700L so far (FEB 26-Mar 13) and then the pandemic hit! End of our season!
    2019 - 62 taps on buckets, 95L syrop from 3215L sap
    2018 - 62 taps, collecting by hand, 90L syrop from 3200L sap
    2017 - Lapierre Waterloo Small mini pro with 40 taps
    2014 - 2016 40 taps making one or two batches on a 2x6 flat pan over an open arch as it would have been done in 1900

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    If your going to save them freeze them. I never save any from season to season. I start with new every year
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    Thanks, all - I'm going to ditch it. Normally I do freeze it but just slipped my mind last season...live and learn!
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

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    Quote Originally Posted by buckeye gold View Post
    If your going to save them freeze them. I never save any from season to season. I start with new every year
    I tried to start with new ones. Left two new felt ones and a pack of orlin ones hanging in a plastic bag on the wall in the sugar shed. When I went to use them I discovered the bottom 4" of the felt one missing and the orlon ones with holes in them. On closer inspection found the hole at the top of the plastic bag where some industrious mouse had chewed through, gone to the bottom and struck gold. Apparantly mice prefer felt to orlon for making nests! God knows how many trips he must have made! Luckily it had not touched the other felt filter and I was able to get replacement orlon ones!
    2023 - 130 taps, 90L from 4,000L as of mid March
    2021 - 84 taps, 50L from 2100L
    2020 - 100 taps on buckets, 21L syrup from 2700L so far (FEB 26-Mar 13) and then the pandemic hit! End of our season!
    2019 - 62 taps on buckets, 95L syrop from 3215L sap
    2018 - 62 taps, collecting by hand, 90L syrop from 3200L sap
    2017 - Lapierre Waterloo Small mini pro with 40 taps
    2014 - 2016 40 taps making one or two batches on a 2x6 flat pan over an open arch as it would have been done in 1900

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