Filtering with syringe filters sucks ass. Even bottle tops and a hand pump aren't ideal. It could seriously take you a day or two to filter 500mls. You will need to sit and babysit and pump it often. There are better methods, but they are even costlier. Hardly worth the expense unless you plan on doing it a lot. If you go with the bottle top method, you are going to need more than one filter. I don't even want to think of how many syringe filters it would take.
I need these. Those bottle tops took me hours!I don't know what kind of bottle top filters you use but my whatman Zapcap-CR's can filter 500ml of oil in under 25min. Less if I keep the solution warm. Plus I only have to give it a few pumps in between bc it's pretty good at maintaining vacuum. Many bottle top filters are also rated at 500ml of total filtration volume. Yes hey slow down towards the end but not enough to warrant a day or two of filtering by any stretch of the imagination. Syringe filtering that much would suck big balls though lol
Yeah, was referring to Four. Said he filters 400ml in 15 minutes.I've brewed tst cyp and enan, deca and tren e and yes they're that quick with a .22um. I'd never use a .45um unless I used it as a pre filter for .22
Yeah, was referring to Four. Said he filters 400ml in 15 minutes.
so ive been looking into bottle top filtering as it seems to be the better way for larger amounts. i did biomedical science and chem units at uni so i have a very basic understanding of lab techniques. if i get these three items:
i understand the process of filtering using these items, however am i missing anything? i know im missing the tube to go from the hand pump to the filter but i assume i can just get that from my local hardware store?
my next and main question is how do i get it from the media bottle to the sterile vials (the kind that are allready capped)? is it as simple as getting something like a 10cc syringe with an 18g needle and just pumping it in?
To go from the media bottle to the vial I would suggest the open top media bottle cap. Should be red in color and have a large opening in the top. The get a few septa. This is like a vial stopper. Draw the sterile oil into a syringe this way then into vial.
Warm oil and a 20g works good for me. I won't use a septa more than once though.I did this too. Just make sure you don't use a huge pin. I forget what gauge I used but it took small chunks out of the rubber that were left in my filtered oil. Had to re-filter all 350ml