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Default Campden Tablet - Shelf Life

Wise words, thanks Paul!
Jim

"Paul E. Lehmann" > wrote in message ...
> jim wrote:
>
>> I googled this one but didn't find any
>> satisfactory answers. I 'inherited' some
>> winemaking stuff my father used. I've
>> thrown most of the chemicals out as they didn't
>> smell right, but the campden tablets all smelled
>> as they should. These are 7 -20 years old
>> though.
>>
>> I know, I know, campden tablets are cheap so I
>> probably should chuck them too and not try to
>> save money on these things,
>> but they were in sealed containers and as I say,
>> they smell like my new ones do. I only use
>> campden tablets on initial must anyway.
>>
>> So does anyone know if campden tablets keep
>> thaaat well?
>>
>> Jim

>
> Don't know Jim, but you could always use them for
> sanitizing. Just crush them and dissolve in
> water. A few ppm probably not that critical for
> this use.