Hello all.

The recent thread on labels and corks raised a question. My stock of
empties is a hodge-podge collection, with top inside diameters ranging
from 17 to 19.5 mm.

My first recent batches are nearing bottling.What size corks should I
use on the smaller openings?

I plan to seal some (half of each batch, for keepers) with cloth patches
and wax - this worked so well on my efforts 40 years ago.

Jack:

In my experience it's the corker that determines the cork size. The
floor corkers that I have used will insert a #9 (23 or 24mm diameter)
cork into any of those bottles.

However, a corker that pushes the cork through a tapered sleeve (most
hand corkers & the compressed air driven corker in my store) will not
work well with the 24mm #9 corks.

Yes, you read me right. #9 corks from some suppliers are 24mm acroos,
from other suppliers they are 23mm across. #8 corks are 22mm.

Steve

On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:24:53 GMT, Jack > wrote:

>Hello all.
>
>The recent thread on labels and corks raised a question. My stock of
>empties is a hodge-podge collection, with top inside diameters ranging
>from 17 to 19.5 mm.
>
>My first recent batches are nearing bottling.What size corks should I
>use on the smaller openings?
>
>I plan to seal some (half of each batch, for keepers) with cloth patches
>and wax - this worked so well on my efforts 40 years ago.