Thanks, hopefully the wine will be ok since I filtered with cheese
cloth right away. I sent a letter to the manufacturer to find out
about the paint.

To prevent this problem in the future I was thinking of making a
'skirt' - a tarp tied with a rope around the 'barrel' of the press
covering all but the drain spout. Has any one else done something
similar, or is this just plain silly?

Thanks,

Ken