Folks,
I did a little bottling of wine at the weekend (6) and used silicone treated corks, It said do not soak, but I figured I could splash some boiling water over them quickly and then pop them in the bottles to steralize.
I noticed that when I put the corks in there was a little black liquid that was forced out from within the cork and thought nothing of it a the time. I've since read that you should not use boiloing water on the silicone treated corks.
Are they now a health hazard or do other folks follow this method of steralizing these corks and had no problems?
Concern: Silicone cork question
What concerned me the most was a black ooze coming through the cork as I put it in the bottle (probably the melted silicone).
I would imagine that it would return to solid quite fast though and anyuthing that did get into the wine would be distinguishable. Don't know. Can't find any health data on the silicone used in corks... as it's too late I think to swap the corks out as the silicone would already be present in the wine I will keep looking for evidence that may be of concern.
I would imagine that it would return to solid quite fast though and anyuthing that did get into the wine would be distinguishable. Don't know. Can't find any health data on the silicone used in corks... as it's too late I think to swap the corks out as the silicone would already be present in the wine I will keep looking for evidence that may be of concern.