I'm working on bottling up syrup and noticed a bunch of my caps dont have the foam seal in it, can i still use the caps with it missing the foam seal? Thanks!
Caps missing foam
I'm working on bottling up syrup and noticed a bunch of my caps dont have the foam seal in it, can i still use the caps with it missing the foam seal? Thanks!
I wouldn't use them.
1000 taps on vac down to 100+ buckets 99% sugars
2x5 SL Hi-Output Raised Flue Corsair evaporator
SL Short bank press with CDL diaphragm pump
Leader Micro 1 RO for 2024
Constantly changing
2010:36 gal 2011:126 gal 2012:81 gal 2013:248 gal 2014: 329.5 gal 2015:305 gal 2016:316 gal 2017:258 gal 2018:147 gal 2019:91 gal 2020:30 gal 2021:30 gal 2023:50 gal Total since 2010: 2047.5 gal
Tapping the same trees my great, great and great grandfathers tapped.
Depends on what caps your using, some don't have the foam, just a stiff paper sealer that stays in the cap. Unless it's bare metal they are probably ok
125-150 taps
Smokey Lakes Full pint Hybrid pan
Modified half pint arch
Air over fire
All 3/16 tubing
Southern Ohio
If most of the caps were the same brand and same vintage, and they had foam seals, do not use the ones without. If the caps are 2 different brands or maybe even made at 2 different times, they might be OK, ask the dealer you bought them from. Most brands have some type of seal in them, a few don't. Some of those might have a clear seal however, that is not readily evident, again, ask the dealer you bought them from.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Who is the manufacturer? The new CDL jugs made by CDL do not have foam like the les cruchons and ampak jugs did. I am skeptical of them but the price difference is significant, around 20-25% less.
I just contacted the dealer and they said they would send me out some replacement caps. The jugs are Sugar Hills.
To my knowledge, all Sugar Hill caps have a foam seal in them. You were wise to question that.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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