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Newbie Quesy: Nail Varnish Smell

Postby ghostfreak » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:53 pm

Used the triple distilled turbo & turbo clear mix, fermented out ok, cleared and left for 24hrs, syphoned off and left for another 24hrs. (Very clear)

Distilled 4 ltrs and threw the first 25ml. Ended up with a very strong nail varnish smelling liquid even after filtering??

This is my first wash through the Airstill although I did flush it once with water.

Sorry for what seem like a boring old question..
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Newbie Quesy: Nail Varnish Smell

Postby HangOver » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:32 pm

Sorry for what seem like a boring old question.. - lol
how long did you leave it to clear in total before distilling?

did you throw ayay the last portion of the spirit, say once it dropped below 20%? that
anyhow IME throw at least the first 40ml from every distil.

distil your spirit twice,(will get 70-80% after second distil) then filter it a few times.
if it still smells only thing for it is to distil and filter again.
GL mate its great and straight forward once you do it a few times.

Also have a look on here for tomato wash you\'ll get much less smell and bad taste but less spirit. quality v quantity :)
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