I used a paint strainer for the first time this weekend...I just tied a knot above the grains and secured part of the elastic top to one of the handles on my brewpot. Worked like a champ. :rockin:
Funny you say that. I finished my first batch yesterday and everything went pretty smoothly (except my thermometer didn't really work below 100 degrees, so making sure my wort was cool enough was a bit of an adventure...). The one "big" SNAFU though was when I was trying to get my airlock good...