My corks say "Don't Soak" on them. I thought I needed to boil or treat them
with sod. metabisulfite. Can I just give them a quick rinse with Aseptox?
Thx.

From all the posts in this newsgroup, and several websites, i'd suggest
just rinse them with water, or a light santitizer. Don't boil or soak.

DAve

Alan Smithee wrote:
My corks say "Don't Soak" on them. I thought I needed to boil or treat them
with sod. metabisulfite. Can I just give them a quick rinse with Aseptox?
Thx.

Thx DAve.


"Dave Allison" wrote in message
...
From all the posts in this newsgroup, and several websites, i'd suggest
just rinse them with water, or a light santitizer. Don't boil or soak.

DAve

Alan Smithee wrote:
My corks say "Don't Soak" on them. I thought I needed to boil or treat
them
with sod. metabisulfite. Can I just give them a quick rinse with
Aseptox?
Thx.

For goodness sakes do not boil them. I followed instructions in a well
respected wine book to boil corkes for 2 or 3 min's and every one of them
failed. Boiling will turn the inside of the cork to mush, breaking down the
very structure of the cork. Wine will leak from the bottle. If they were
properly sealed up when you got them, they should not need sanitizing.
Comercial wineeries do nothing to their corks. If you buy in bulk and use
them over a period of time, just store them properly and they will never
need sanizing. To store unused corks, put them in an extra sealed bucket
with an open wine bottle 1/2 filled with sanitizing solution standing in the
bucket. Do not put the solution directly on the corks. The solution will
evaporate and prevent any nasties from living in there and keep the corks at
the correct mosture content to be ready for use next time.

Ray

"Alan Smithee" wrote in message
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My corks say "Don't Soak" on them. I thought I needed to boil or treat
them
with sod. metabisulfite. Can I just give them a quick rinse with Aseptox?
Thx.

Hi

I once read that one could microwave the corks before bottling in order to
sterilize them. Is this a good idea ? Would it kill any nasties ?

Marc

"Ray Calvert" a écrit dans le message de
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For goodness sakes do not boil them. I followed instructions in a well
respected wine book to boil corkes for 2 or 3 min's and every one of them
failed. Boiling will turn the inside of the cork to mush, breaking down
the
very structure of the cork. Wine will leak from the bottle. If they were
properly sealed up when you got them, they should not need sanitizing.
Comercial wineeries do nothing to their corks. If you buy in bulk and use
them over a period of time, just store them properly and they will never
need sanizing. To store unused corks, put them in an extra sealed bucket
with an open wine bottle 1/2 filled with sanitizing solution standing in
the
bucket. Do not put the solution directly on the corks. The solution will
evaporate and prevent any nasties from living in there and keep the corks
at
the correct mosture content to be ready for use next time.

Ray

"Alan Smithee" wrote in message
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My corks say "Don't Soak" on them. I thought I needed to boil or treat
them
with sod. metabisulfite. Can I just give them a quick rinse with
Aseptox?
Thx.

I'd say no from experiementation with dry materials (mostly foods) in microwave ovens.

Most domestic microwaves don't have a diffuse enough emission to ensure that all areas receive the same amount of heat.
Hotspots can occur in other materials the same as they do in food - but you can't stir the inside of a cork so they burn
/ degrade easily.

I'd say that trying to use radiation to maintain a high enough temperature to kill germs uniformly through a material
like cork without burning or otherwise degrading the material is close to impossible. It's an even scarier prospect
with synthetic corks!

Jim


"MarQ" wrote in message ...
Hi

I once read that one could microwave the corks before bottling in order to
sterilize them. Is this a good idea ? Would it kill any nasties ?

Marc

"Ray Calvert" a écrit dans le message de
et...
For goodness sakes do not boil them. I followed instructions in a well
respected wine book to boil corkes for 2 or 3 min's and every one of them
failed. Boiling will turn the inside of the cork to mush, breaking down
the
very structure of the cork. Wine will leak from the bottle. If they were
properly sealed up when you got them, they should not need sanitizing.
Comercial wineeries do nothing to their corks. If you buy in bulk and use
them over a period of time, just store them properly and they will never
need sanizing. To store unused corks, put them in an extra sealed bucket
with an open wine bottle 1/2 filled with sanitizing solution standing in
the
bucket. Do not put the solution directly on the corks. The solution will
evaporate and prevent any nasties from living in there and keep the corks
at
the correct mosture content to be ready for use next time.

Ray

"Alan Smithee" wrote in message
newsE8Uh.73182$DE1.62856@pd7urf2no...
My corks say "Don't Soak" on them. I thought I needed to boil or treat
them
with sod. metabisulfite. Can I just give them a quick rinse with
Aseptox?
Thx.

Real bad idea. This is worse than boiling.It breaks down the material.

MarQ wrote:
Hi

I once read that one could microwave the corks before bottling in order to
sterilize them. Is this a good idea ? Would it kill any nasties ?

Marc

"Ray Calvert" a écrit dans le message de
et...
For goodness sakes do not boil them. I followed instructions in a well
respected wine book to boil corkes for 2 or 3 min's and every one of them
failed. Boiling will turn the inside of the cork to mush, breaking down
the
very structure of the cork. Wine will leak from the bottle. If they were
properly sealed up when you got them, they should not need sanitizing.
Comercial wineeries do nothing to their corks. If you buy in bulk and use
them over a period of time, just store them properly and they will never
need sanizing. To store unused corks, put them in an extra sealed bucket
with an open wine bottle 1/2 filled with sanitizing solution standing in
the
bucket. Do not put the solution directly on the corks. The solution will
evaporate and prevent any nasties from living in there and keep the corks
at
the correct mosture content to be ready for use next time.

Ray

"Alan Smithee" wrote in message
newsE8Uh.73182$DE1.62856@pd7urf2no...
My corks say "Don't Soak" on them. I thought I needed to boil or treat
them
with sod. metabisulfite. Can I just give them a quick rinse with
Aseptox?
Thx.

Never boil, spritzing with anything that can come in contact with the
wine is not a bad idea; a little moisture can act as a lubricant. I
use a sulfite/acid solution. I usually have a quart spray bottle of
this around. I'ts a 1/% sulfite 1/2% TA solution. The acid is
usually citric because it's cheap.

The microwave sounds a little iffy to me too.

Joe