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New member Username: Zorchmedia
Post Number: 7 Registered: 09-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 11:01 am: |
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I recently purchased an air filter hammock from Canadian tire. It is a dense, 30"x64" polyfill blanket with electrostaticly charged fibres and some kind of bacteria guard coating...it trims out really easy..good for 300+ jar lids or larger patches for fruiting chambers. (bacteria free gas exchange) Cost about $12 cdn. I have had 0 contams since I started using this stuff...hope this is helpfull...Mycotopia has been priceless to me
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Zap (Zap)
Senior Member Username: Zap
Post Number: 315 Registered: 07-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 02:15 pm: |
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lovely |
  
Highflyer (Highflyer)
Senior Member Username: Highflyer
Post Number: 474 Registered: 12-2002
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 02:22 pm: |
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Do you use this over the lid or with no lid?
"I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way." - Robert Frost
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Scott White (Zorchmedia)
New member Username: Zorchmedia
Post Number: 8 Registered: 09-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 07:31 pm: |
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I use it under the lid, as an extra barrier...the material sort of forms to the edges of the jar and provides a fairly tight seal after pressure cooking...perfect for syringe inoculation..there is no hole left behind,and the jars can breath a bit without sucking in contams...also, it is made out of synthetic fibers that have no water retention...they stay dry so they dont become a contamination wick...they seem to have eliminated my contam problems. 
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rodger rabbit (Skyypilot)
Senior Member Username: Skyypilot
Post Number: 834 Registered: 02-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 08:12 pm: |
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Wonderful!! This is the kind of experimentation we need more of...good work. |
  
psycho naut (Xochipilli2012)
Advanced Member Username: Xochipilli2012
Post Number: 98 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 09:46 pm: |
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sounds awesome! where did you find it,buy it? thanks for sharing any link for a site that would carry it? I'll do a froogle search right now. (Message edited by xochipilli2012 on October 12, 2003) |
  
psycho naut (Xochipilli2012)
Advanced Member Username: Xochipilli2012
Post Number: 99 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 10:42 pm: |
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can't seem to find it online anywhere. what kind of store would carry it? |
  
Scott White (Zorchmedia)
Junior Member Username: Zorchmedia
Post Number: 11 Registered: 09-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 11:25 pm: |
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I found it in the furnace filter section in a local Canadian Tire store. I imagine that any well stocked hardware store would have something similer...Or maybe hunt online under furnace filters. |
  
Scott White (Zorchmedia)
Junior Member Username: Zorchmedia
Post Number: 12 Registered: 09-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 11:29 pm: |
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Try this one... http://www.onlineallergyrelief.com/airfilter/room/ room.html |
  
Scott White (Zorchmedia)
Junior Member Username: Zorchmedia
Post Number: 13 Registered: 09-2003
| Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 11:57 pm: |
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In depth description...now I know why they work so well http://www.filters-now.com/3mspecs.php#content |
  
psycho naut (Xochipilli2012)
Senior Member Username: Xochipilli2012
Post Number: 101 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 03:43 am: |
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thank you so much! your like an angel sent from heaven in times of need. |
  
Zap (Zap)
Senior Member Username: Zap
Post Number: 325 Registered: 07-2003
| Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 04:07 am: |
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only wish the post office made enevlops out of them j/k thank you for sharing Scot W. ZAP
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Scott White (Zorchmedia)
Junior Member Username: Zorchmedia
Post Number: 14 Registered: 09-2003
| Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 08:35 pm: |
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I`me really glad I could contribute some usefull info to the board....I tried this hobby out about 10 years ago and finally gave up after limited success and a lot of failures..due mostly to lack of decent information...Mycotopia rekindled the interest, and showed me the way..I give my heart out to all of you! |
  
Ken Moore (Putanero)
New member Username: Putanero
Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 08:36 am: |
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Do one of the above links lead to being able to purchase the same filter material Scott is referring to? I could not find it.If they lead to a similar one can anyone point me to the right ones?Thre are a lot of different typw filters on there |
  
psycho naut (Xochipilli2012)
Senior Member Username: Xochipilli2012
Post Number: 137 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 12:03 am: |
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I couldn't find the hammock filters(*don't know what they are).but I used a purple color 3m filtrete filter instead of the red(home depot).and so far no contams. I cut squares and did some jars with double tyvek,and double filter.and some jars with just a double filter.and everything looks good,no contams. the only thing is that with these filters I used the hole i made to innoc did'nt reseal so I used masking tape to recover the hole. I think maybe the hammock ones are thicker. |
  
Scott White (Zorchmedia)
Member Username: Zorchmedia
Post Number: 21 Registered: 09-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 12:37 am: |
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This place has just what your looking for..real cheap..A roll of the stuff 20 feet long, 3 feet wide and an inch thick goes for $22. Should make about 1800 lids. ;} Scroll to the bottom of the page when it opens... http://www.arnoldservice.com/High%20Efficiency%20Filters.htm
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Putanero (Putanero)
New member Username: Putanero
Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 05:15 am: |
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Thank you kind Sir. Putanero |
  
Marx2k (Marx2k)
Member Username: Marx2k
Post Number: 50 Registered: 06-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 05:59 am: |
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can it be used like polyfil? And by that I mean rolling it up and sticking it through a hole in the lid? |
  
Scott White (Zorchmedia)
Member Username: Zorchmedia
Post Number: 23 Registered: 09-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 09:43 am: |
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You dont need to pull it through a hole..just cut into a 2" square, slip it under the lid (with hole punched in)and trim off the excess.See post above..(October 12, 2003 - 07:31 pm ) You can stick a syringe needle through it and it will close up..no hole in the filter. So far (36 jars over a month period) I have had no contamination problems. |