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| "Ray" wrote in news:27-dnUPN5LCnlfzfRVn-
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| What do you need non-absorbent cotton for?
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| The instructions that I have on using baby food jars states to poke
a hole
| in the center of top and stuff tightly with non-absorbent cotton.
This is
| done before they are sterilized. It's supposed to filter out the bad
stuff
| and alow the jar to breathe. Since it's non-absorbent it's not
supposed to
| wick any mosture out of the jar also. I also have a really old AOS
book
| that uses Erlenmeyer Flasks and stoppers them with non-absorbent
cotton.
| I have read where one person used bandaide spots for this but I
don't think
| a bandaide would survive heat sterilization.
| I thought of trying synthetic fibers but they might melt and it
may
| take a lot of tests to find one that doesnt.