"Tom S" > wrote in message
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> "Brian Lundeen" > wrote in message
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> > "Tom S" > wrote in message
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> > > seem OK. They (Supremecorq) also say they've addressed the SO2
scalping
> > > problem that some of the synthos have. Time will tell...
> > >
> > Did they say how they have addressed that? Did this relate to their
> revised
> > formulation, or more to do with procedural considerations?
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> The info I got from them indicates that they've gone to a lower density
> elastomer. I cut one open and it appears to be a closed cell foam with
very
> small cells. It has sponginess roughly equivalent to cork, although I can
> tell by lifting a bag of 1000 that it has a higher bulk density than cork.
> They are easily removable from a corkscrew and are not difficult to
reinsert
> in a bottle by hand. Those were two of the issues I had with the earlier
> version.
>
But what more can you tell me about how they've addressed the SO2 issue?

Brian