Does beech sap foul membranes permanently

[Mean_Oscar]

On the Facebook black walnut page, a fellow fairly new to RO said beech sap clogged the membranes so badly they had to be discarded. Quote from post:

"I was also experimenting with beech this year (10 trees under vacuum collection) because I've got TONS of beeches, so I bought an RO right off the bat. Which is good because my beech sap was a disappointing 0.2. Also if you think BW pectin is a pain, it can't touch beech. The RO handled the BW sap no problem, but the beech sap actually killed the membranes (expensive mistake). "

The manufacturer graciously went "halvsies" on replacement membranes.

This is especially surprising considering the low (0.2%) concentration. I RO'd bw first time this year with no issues. Anybody else ever see beech do this?

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[carls47807]

This was the only individual I know of that has tried beech (he was using an RO Bucket). I personally spoke with him and we concluded that his issues had to be because of the Beech sap. On the bright side lots of people out there are processing walnut, myself included!

[Mean_Oscar]

Somewhere I think I read you can get most of the pectin out of black walnut sap if you let it sit in almost freezing temps for a week and strain. Have not tried that but if it happens with beech, that might be the problem.