Cloudy After Filtering

ginzo · Post by **ginzo** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:39 pm

I filtered some distillate by soaking it in chacoal. Now it is cludy. How do i clear it? Should i bother or jest mix it up with sumthin' dark?

Post by **Tater** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:56 pm

why dont ya try reading http://homedistiller.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

ginzo · Post by **ginzo** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 12:36 am

tater wrote:why dont ya try reading http://homedistiller.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Well gee, thanks for the friendly advises. Would it be too much to ask where in that site to look to answer my question? The only thing I see is a secrion that says that carbon filtering will clear up the cludiness, but that aint my problem. The problem is cloudiness AFTER running through a filter. Has anyone encountered that before?

Brett · Post by **Brett** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:04 am

yez ginzo, im sorry i cant remem where but i remember reading it somewhere recenly in this forum maybe try a search within the forum for charcoal?.

from what i remember did u "prepare" the charcoal first?

ginzo · Post by **ginzo** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:54 am

Brett wrote:yez ginzo, im sorry i cant remem where but i remember reading it somewhere recenly in this forum maybe try a search within the forum for charcoal?.

from what i remember did u "prepare" the charcoal first?

I rinsed the charcoal before I used it. Do I need to prepare further? I had used the very sane charcoal before and the product came out clear.

Post by **Grayson_Stewart** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:52 pm

Ginzo,

When you say the "very same charcoal" do you mean you re-used the same charcoal? If so, there is your problem. Do not reuse the charcoal. If not, then you may have not have properly prepared your carbon. Links to information on this is below. If you do prepare your carbon correctly, and got too far into the tails then carbon isn't going to help you much. Carbon isn't designed to for correcting poorly distilled product.

Here is Gert Strand's web page on how to prepare activated carbon http://www.partyman.se/activatedcarbon1.html

Here is a link to a free E-book describing care and use of your activated carbon http://www.partyman.se/free_ebook.html

Here is the link to the homedistiller site with information on using carbon http://homedistiller.org/polish.htm

pangea · Post by **pangea** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:05 pm

I steam my charcoal before filtering with it. Also put your stuff in the freezer for awhile before filtering. This will make the oils thicker and harder for them to make it through the charcoal unless your proof is so high that it thins the oils anyway.

Good luck.