any way to filter fina without a syringe filter?

**broncojosh** · 08-20-2002, 01:02 AM

any way to filter fina without using a syringe filter?

**Buddha_Red** · 08-20-2002, 01:14 AM

You can use a coffee filter but it will still be cloudy most likely.

I used both and it wasnt until i used the final whatman filter did it become a clear solution.

As far as ive been told , the fina being cloudy will not effect the potency at all, just a apperance thing.

**jeffylyte** · 08-20-2002, 11:06 AM

it depends on how you want to filter the stuff. you can tightly pack cotton or glass wool (works better) in a syringe. I have never done this with fina, but in the lab it works well with colloidal dispersions.

**Rickson** · 08-20-2002, 03:59 PM

JJ is absolutely right. The syringe filter is necessary for sterility not a step I would skip especially since they are so cheap.

**broncojosh** · 08-20-2002, 08:48 PM

well where can i pick them up besides the net, preferably local? I don't mind the $, but with the kits, I always need more to filter it than the 2 or 3 they give.