I started dipping corks in boiling water on the advise of a very well
respected book on making wine. Every cork that I have done this with has
failed and leaked within a year or two. Maybe less.

Ray

"Peter Hood" > wrote in message
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> Just like to add that some lot of corks are 'silicone washed'. You can
> spot this by a sort of greasy wax finish. Some of them are obviously
> filled with some sort of wax and it's obvious. Corks like this should
> not be soaked at all and doing so can cause the cork to break up when
> you try to take it out. Some people boil the corks and this is very
> bad for these corks.
> Peter
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