I'm close to bottling multiple 5 gallon batches of wine and a month ago I
started rehydrating several different types of corks (each 1-2 years old)
which appeared to be on the dry side, I filled a 1 quart mason jar 3/4 of
the way with tap water and mixed in 1 tbs pot meta which has been sitting in
a sealed food grade bucket with the corks.

The corks now appear to be soft but I'm concerned whether they will hold up
on a couple of the wines that may be kept bottled for several years.
Any one else had good long term luck using this method of rehydrating corks?

Rick

I have tried to rehydrate corks that had dried out and was not happy with
the results. They seemed to break down. Now, if I fail to maintain the
proper hydration and let them dry out, I replace them. Or, more and more I
have gone to artificial which do not seem to dry out.

Ray

"agent58" > wrote in message
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> I'm close to bottling multiple 5 gallon batches of wine and a month ago I
> started rehydrating several different types of corks (each 1-2 years old)
> which appeared to be on the dry side, I filled a 1 quart mason jar 3/4 of
> the way with tap water and mixed in 1 tbs pot meta which has been sitting
> in
> a sealed food grade bucket with the corks.
>
> The corks now appear to be soft but I'm concerned whether they will hold
> up
> on a couple of the wines that may be kept bottled for several years.
> Any one else had good long term luck using this method of rehydrating
> corks?
>
> Rick
>
>

Thanks Ray, I purchase new ones.

Rick

"Ray Calvert" > wrote in
m:

> I have tried to rehydrate corks that had dried out and was not happy
> with the results. They seemed to break down. Now, if I fail to
> maintain the proper hydration and let them dry out, I replace them.
> Or, more and more I have gone to artificial which do not seem to dry
> out.
>
> Ray
>
> "agent58" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I'm close to bottling multiple 5 gallon batches of wine and a month
>> ago I started rehydrating several different types of corks (each 1-2
>> years old) which appeared to be on the dry side, I filled a 1 quart
>> mason jar 3/4 of the way with tap water and mixed in 1 tbs pot meta
>> which has been sitting in
>> a sealed food grade bucket with the corks.
>>
>> The corks now appear to be soft but I'm concerned whether they will
>> hold up
>> on a couple of the wines that may be kept bottled for several years.
>> Any one else had good long term luck using this method of rehydrating
>> corks?
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>
>