Harris Quickfine filters - where to get a replacement bag?

[Alan Clark]

As the thread title says, where do you get a replacement bag for a Harris Quickfine. I've been give one, it is minus bag, but when the bag was with it there was a hole in the material so wasn't much good as a filter.

 

[Moley]

Harris Homebrew, 01384 253073

Even if you don't get on with that filter (and I never did but I still know one bloke who swears by them), don't ever throw away the bucket which fits onto a DJ, it's absolutely ideal when you're straining a must.

 

[Titch]

chaps can i ask what it looks like i might have a couple from abulk buy recently

sort of a short bowl shape cloth bag, with a rubber ring around the outside to give it shape?

have a used one quiet clean and a brand new one

ill get a picture later

 

[Moley]

If it's the one I'm thinking about there should be two 5 litre buckets, one lid and a thick cloth bag. You mix powders into your wine in the bucket without a hole in the bottom. The other bucket has a hole in the middle and a spout on the underside. That fits into the neck of and stands on top of a DJ, the cloth bag goes into that bucket, that has a rigid hoop which fits inside the rim of the bucket, your treated wine mixture goes into that bag, you put the lid on and it can take a very long time to filter one gallon.

 

[Titch]

is this the thing?







also got these if there of use to anyone says harris major on them, think i saw the rest go in the bin before i realised what they were

 

[Moley]

I'm not sure if those bags look big enough from the photos, I would guess the rigid hoop at the top should be somewhere around 8-9 inches in diameter, but I won't be able to measure the bucket until this evening.

Where are you Alan, does that look hopeful?


The bin is the best place for those other filter bodies, IMHO.

 

[Titch]

one is new one is used, im slowly getting through this stuff

if no use they will hit the bin in the next day or so

 

[Alan Clark]

Thanks for the replies,

Moley, yes you are thinking of the right kit, 2 buckets (one with a hole in the middle) and some powders.

Titch, those bags look exactly like the one I remember but are they appear shallower than the one my sister's partner has (had).

Even if I don't manage to get hold of one I'll certainly be keeping the buckets, I normally wait for the wine to clear naturally
and then rack off into a clean demi. But as I've been given most of a filter kit I thought I might use it a couple of time and then go back to the normal method. There was also an old boots filter in the box, I think that might get a bit more use as you can still get the papers for those.

Thanks,

Alan

 

[Moley]

Just checked my receiving bucket, the hoop would be 200mm (8") in diameter and I seem to recall that the bag filled most of the bucket, which would also be around 190mm (7.5").

My bag was thrown away long ago, but I'm glad I kept that bottom bucket for straining musts.


I'll probably be going up to the Harris shop tomorrow lunchtime so I will ask about the bags.
Alan, if you send me a mobile number by PM I'll give you a call or send you a txt msg.