Hello folks -

My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
to go.

The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
mm.

What size corks should I use?

I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
one size in fact fit all?

I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
stupid mistake!

Thanks.

Jack wrote:
Hello folks -

My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
to go.

The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
mm.

What size corks should I use?

I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
one size in fact fit all?

I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
stupid mistake!

Thanks.


#9 x 1 3/4 inserted with a floor corker works for me with an large
assortment of salvaged bottles.

Steve

I would go with your guess, Margalit says 18 - 19 mm is standard for
750 ml bottles and a #9 is standard for them. A natural # 9 is 24
+/-0.5 mm in diameter. Synthetic diameters vary due to the density
difference of the material, a Guardian is narrower than a NomaCorq or
SupremeCorq since it's denser. 17 seems a bit much to compress it.

Jellenek has some QC info on their website related to corks.

Joe

Jack wrote:
Hello folks -

My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
to go.

The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
mm.

What size corks should I use?

I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
one size in fact fit all?

I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
stupid mistake!

Thanks.

Thanks!

Jack

Joe Sallustio wrote:

I would go with your guess, Margalit says 18 - 19 mm is standard for
750 ml bottles and a #9 is standard for them. A natural # 9 is 24
+/-0.5 mm in diameter. Synthetic diameters vary due to the density
difference of the material, a Guardian is narrower than a NomaCorq or
SupremeCorq since it's denser. 17 seems a bit much to compress it.

Jellenek has some QC info on their website related to corks.

Joe

Jack wrote:
Hello folks -

My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
to go.

The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
mm.

What size corks should I use?

I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
one size in fact fit all?

I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
stupid mistake!

Thanks.

Jack:

In my experience, it seems to depend more on the corker & the corks
than the bottles. Although since I'm not a fan of hand corkers, I
will GUESS that hand corkers MIGHT have a hard time with the 17mm
openings.

The floor corkers that I have used (at least two different ones) have
had no problems inserting #9's into a random selection of bottles.
Sorry I can't guarantee any 17mm bottles cause I just got some cheap
calipers, and I've been using them to measure corks rather than
bottles.

Why measure corks? Because people with hand corkers seem to have
problems with the #9's that are 24mm across, and don't have problems
with the #9s that are 23mm across.

BTW, last week bottled a batch with a blue Ferrari (Italian) floor
corker (brass jaws). Used 24mm #9s in a random selection of bottles.
No problems.

Steve

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:22:41 GMT, Jack wrote:

Hello folks -

My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
to go.

The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
mm.

What size corks should I use?

I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
one size in fact fit all?

I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
stupid mistake!

Thanks.

Thanks!

Jack

Steve wrote:

Jack:

In my experience, it seems to depend more on the corker & the corks
than the bottles. Although since I'm not a fan of hand corkers, I
will GUESS that hand corkers MIGHT have a hard time with the 17mm
openings.

The floor corkers that I have used (at least two different ones) have
had no problems inserting #9's into a random selection of bottles.
Sorry I can't guarantee any 17mm bottles cause I just got some cheap
calipers, and I've been using them to measure corks rather than
bottles.

Why measure corks? Because people with hand corkers seem to have
problems with the #9's that are 24mm across, and don't have problems
with the #9s that are 23mm across.

BTW, last week bottled a batch with a blue Ferrari (Italian) floor
corker (brass jaws). Used 24mm #9s in a random selection of bottles.
No problems.

Steve

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:22:41 GMT, Jack wrote:

Hello folks -

My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
to go.

The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
mm.

What size corks should I use?

I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
one size in fact fit all?

I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
stupid mistake!

Thanks.