Ebay 10litre demi

[owlwithoutfeathers]

Hi folklets,


Anyone had sight of these at all? Comment?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320745997236&clk_rvr_id=257842359131

Owl.

[Cellar_Rat]

Hmm. Looks like HDPE to me - OK for fermenting, will stain, and not ideal for long term strorage. Perhaps worth a question. Odd size too really - when you start to think about racking etc etc. Wide mouth 'OK' for cleaning, but will create a greater surface area when storing.

[koomber]

Nah, that bottle's polypropylene.

http://www.scichem.com/netalogue/pdfs/ind229.pdf

Not sure about oxygen diffusion. I'll try and have a look later.

[Cellar_Rat]

Yep much better idea look it up not guess

On the basis that bunging will be an issue, you need to 'grommitize' it, on that basis we are back to supermarket PET water bottles.

[owlwithoutfeathers]

Which links me nicely back to my previous post from 21 August:

http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=84733#post84733

Anyone care to comment?

Ta muchly.

Owl.

[koomber]

Those supermarket bottles are really not suitable for long term storage. Although I did keep a Christmas Puding wine in there for 6 months and wound up with a rather pallatable Christmas Pudding SherrY

[owlwithoutfeathers]

Hi Koomber thanks for your reply.

So, would 2,3 or 4 months be pushing it? Its just for Wine Number 1 - which ive been told will be drinkable by 4-6 weeks so then i can bottle.

Thanks.

Owl.