Straining bag

[John Prince]

I read on this forum about straining bags. Does anyone use any? Can you reuse them? This seems like a nice shortcut. I wish I had them on the batch I'm making now. My next two batches are Summer's Breeze. After that I'm going to do some more big reds and might order some.

 

[herbenus]

Home depot 5 gallon paint strainner bags are awesome. I also use the strainere bags you can get here. Both work well but the paint stariner bags are my choice now.

 

[RickC]

I have bought them at Sherwin Williams and Ace Hardware. Most stores that sell paint should have them. That said, I have not found them at Walmart yet. Your kits with grape pack will come with a bag. Not as large as the 5 gal strainer bags but they will work just fine. I would not reuse one. Too much risk of contamination for such a small price.

 

[Wade E]

I use the ones George sells and have been reusing them for years. Ive had one of them for about 6 years now, the others have ripped around year 3 or 4but still after that many uses they have easily saved me money over running to the big box stores and using and throwing away.

 

[Wayne1]

I have reused mine (ones from George) that I have used for country fruit wines. I make sure to get all the bits of fruit out that get stuck in it - which can actually be something of a challenge!

 

[Tom]

Ditto on 5 gallon paint straining bags.
To clean them I use a "OXY" cleaner

 

[uavwmn]

Definitely use paint strainer bags. I wouldn't reuse them tho.