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• Posted in thread: Plastic conical Fermenter air leak on 08-31-2012 at 11:24 PM
  Look for aquarium grade silicone. There are some available at Home Depot. Or if you're really
  nervous go to a pet store and ask if they have some.I called the manufacturer of the aquarium
  silicone at ...

• Posted in thread: Plastic conical Fermenter air leak on 08-31-2012 at 02:45 AM
  Not all silicone caulk is toxic... There exist food-grade silicone caulks.Where can one find
  this magic silicone?

• Posted in thread: 15 gal Inductor Tank Respirating, Mold on 08-30-2012 at 03:43 PM
  I can't figure out a way to seal up the band around the lid. I have white life forming on my
  beers if I ferment in primary longer than ten days. So far it actually hasn't imparted any
  discernable off ...

• Posted in thread: Plastic conical Fermenter air leak on 08-30-2012 at 03:39 PM
  Silicone is toxic, that doesn't bothet you? I'm having issues with mold growing in my 15 gal
  polyethylene conicals due to respiration at the lid but all I can think to use is cpvc cement.
  At high kreu...

• Posted in thread: white film on top of beer? on 08-22-2012 at 09:01 PM
  Also worthy of note is that these conicals don't create a perfect seal. They breath around the
  threads at the top where the lid screws down.

• Posted in thread: white film on top of beer? on 08-22-2012 at 03:41 PM
  So I have made the switch to 15 gal plastic conicals. I have brewed probably 12 batches and
  probably three of them have a thin layer of white on top that almost looks like soap scum. It
  has solidish c...

• Posted in thread: How Much Harvested Yeast To Use on 06-10-2012 at 02:26 PM
  I know but it says i only need about a cup, which doesn't seem right. and thats with the meter
  set at about the halfway point on the 'thickness' scale. i was adding a cushion. the yeast is
  actually re...

• Posted in thread: How Much Harvested Yeast To Use on 06-10-2012 at 01:39 PM
  So.... I recently upgraded to a 15 gallon system using plastic conical fermenters and pvc yeast
  catchers. I made a batch of RyePA using 5 packs of Nottingham and harvest about 3 qts of really
  nice, cr...

• Posted in thread: Stirring Whilst Sparging on 06-07-2012 at 03:05 AM
  it was more a matter of my 'royal assistants' stirring and i lacked a positive and progressive
  way of asking them to knock it off...

• Posted in thread: Stirring Whilst Sparging on 06-07-2012 at 01:22 AM
  just a false bottom with a dip tube. and i doubt the mash paddle is passing all the way down
  through the 30+ lbs of grain to the false bottom.