Alternative to Calking Gun

[Pinnacle Elements]

What kinda gun? Was it hard to get the correct pressure?

I used this one:

Amazon.com

It took longer for me to get everything positioned correct and the setting right than it did to actually filter it.

I don’t think pressure was an issue. If anything, at first, it almost seemed like the gun wasn’t able to apply enough pressure. The gun kicked back and I had to reposition & extend the head of the calk gun again to meet the syringe tip.

I was able to get it flowing beautifully at the lowest setting after that.

 

[Kermit]

Just did my first brew with the electric and highly recommend it. Worked flawlessly. Filtered 50ml in a few minutes once it was positioned correct and flowing.

Can I see a link to the store?

 

[Pinnacle Elements]

Can I see a link to the store?

See above

 

[Exhortae]

It works great

 

[Pinnacle Elements]

So update on the mechanized caulking gun:

About a week post injection and everything feels good. My biggest concern was that I did mess up the filter somehow. It effectively flowed like there wasn’t a filter there, I was mind blown.

For reference btw this was done with

Castor Oil / 25% BB / 1% BA

Heated up, if I had to guess somewhere around 130-150* F. But that’s a crap shoot.

Point is, it’s pretty much the thickest (most viscous) formula I imagine anyone here would attempt to filter. If you use MCT or similar its going to go like a breeze. I’d consider not even heating it. YMMV.

 

[nightprowler7]

It works great

I was actually thinking of something similar but with a bottle jack. I have like 15 of them from after I replaced a joist in my basement

 

[nightprowler7]

So update on the mechanized caulking gun:

About a week post injection and everything feels good. My biggest concern was that I did mess up the filter somehow. It effectively flowed like there wasn’t a filter there, I was mind blown.

For reference btw this was done with

Castor Oil / 25% BB / 1% BA

Heated up, if I had to guess somewhere around 130-150* F. But that’s a crap shoot.

Point is, it’s pretty much the thickest (most viscous) formula I imagine anyone here would attempt to filter. If you use MCT or similar its going to go like a breeze. I’d consider not even heating it. YMMV.

What kind of filter? Because recently I switched from whatman to biomed and it flowed 7x faster. Thought it was blown it flowed so fast. Like 10ml in 15-20 seconds

 

[Pinnacle Elements]

What kind of filter? Because recently I switched from whatman to biomed and it flowed 7x faster. Thought it was blown it flowed so fast. Like 10ml in 15-20 seconds

Whatman 25mm .22um PVFD.

Yes, the Amazon filters I’ve used, any other brand than what man goes much quicker. No sure why. But I like to stick to the gold standard on filters. That’s not something you want to nickel and dime.

Yeah the mechanized caulking gun took no longer than 1 minute for 50ml

 

[nightprowler7]

Whatman 25mm .22um PVFD.

Yes, the Amazon filters I’ve used, any other brand than what man goes much quicker. No sure why. But I like to stick to the gold standard on filters. That’s not something you want to nickel and dime.

Yeah the mechanized caulking gun took no longer than 1 minute for 50ml

I've been using higher bb and I was worried about the chemical compatibility with pvdf whatmans, so I switched to ptfe by a company on Amazon called biomed. Another couple of people on here have said they've used them with good success. I was concerned about how fast they flowed. But so far no floaters and my leg hasn't fallen off yet.

But yeah major difference in flow rate with the whatmans.

 

[G3H303S3T]

Building that is not worth my time to be honest. Rather buy a high end caulking gun.

No just buy a damn vacume pump like the harbor freight one or even one cheaper I can do 500 ml of a brew change out the paper filters once in between and it is filtered within 5 minutes and takes 0 energy and it ends up being way cheaper cause you don’t have to buy those expensive syringe filters