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John B.

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I hope to post a couple of pictures of the neat little cider press I picked up yesterday. My question is for those of you who have and use a cider press is what do you use to clean your press? Do you use a little bleach with water and or soap? What do you use to seal the wood on your press?

Thanks for any info.

John B. in Illinois
 
All I do is use a scrub brush with dish soap and water. Do it before and after I use it. Use the garden hose to rinse it off. Leave it out in the sun for a few hours to dry. I don't think you want to try and seal the wood. I don't think sealant are food grade and it would come off into the juice. I store my press in the basement and run a dehumidifier all summer. One summer my dehumidifier stopped working and the wood got some mold growth on it. I just washed it off. I tried storing the press in my shed and there was enough moisture in the summer to start mold growth on the wood.

I just did 15 gallons of apple juice yesterday. I have a grinder to chop up the apples. You can't press apples without chopping them up first. I can about half the juice and make hard cider out of the other half.
 
I just rinse it off with the garden hose, leave it in the sun a couple of days then put it inside and cover with a sheet of plastic. That's what I did a couple of days ago and today my grandson took it home to make some cider.
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Ikea has an oil called Behandla that is used to seal their wooden counter tops. Might be worth a try. I have used lots of it on Ikea kitchens. Food safe. HTH
 
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