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EastBayRay

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Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess!
#19074815 - 11/02/13 12:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Here's what you do it's not rocket science:
1. Simply take a small nail and carefully poke holes on bottom of the bag of perlite and then up each side from the bottom of the bag up about 3 to 4 inches. NOTE: Don't poke too many holes into the bag so that the structural integrity is compromised (very difficult to do) and don't go too big so that perlite leaks out.
2. Open the top of the bag and hold it under the faucet then run water over the perlite.
3. While holding the bag, let it fill to the top with water so that all the perlite is submerged. After submerged, carefully close the top of the bag and squeeze it until all the water runs out the holes you have poked into it.
After a little time the water in the bag will have lowered enough so that you can tightly squeeze the bag closed up top by wrapping the bag up with one hand. This will create more pressure in the bag. While holding the top with one hand, use the other to squeeze out water from the bag wherever it needs to be squeezed out. Do this until there is no more standing water in the bag. BOOM! Your perlite is now fully hydrated and ready for use.
Yes, pictures would help get the point across but I don't have a camera.
Edited by EastBayRay (11/02/13 12:22 PM)
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: EastBayRay]
#19074858 - 11/02/13 12:15 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: Rubestoad]
#19075059 - 11/02/13 01:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Another really easy way to do is go ahead and put it in your sgfc and stick it in your shower, turn the shower head on, and moisten the perlite. You're basically using your sgfc as a huge colander. You may have to elevate it in the shower with cups or something so the water drains out properly
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: Stromrider]
#19075103 - 11/02/13 01:16 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hydrating perlite is pretty fool proof, if anybody cant figure it out they should consider another hobby
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Pastywhyte
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: Stromrider]
#19075160 - 11/02/13 01:29 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Stromrider said: Another really easy way to do is go ahead and put it in your sgfc and stick it in your shower, turn the shower head on, and moisten the perlite. You're basically using your sgfc as a huge colander. You may have to elevate it in the shower with cups or something so the water drains out properly
Exactly how I do it
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EastBayRay

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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: Stromrider]
#19076064 - 11/02/13 04:58 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Stromrider said: Another really easy way to do is go ahead and put it in your sgfc and stick it in your shower, turn the shower head on, and moisten the perlite. You're basically using your sgfc as a huge colander. You may have to elevate it in the shower with cups or something so the water drains out properly
That's a great way to do it. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: EastBayRay]
#19076162 - 11/02/13 05:19 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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The shower way works great. The OP way is not the same. You want to get rid of the dust and super small particulate. Pouring the bag out into your SGFC gets rid of a lot of the dust. If you pour water into a bag with drainage holes you're just going to make slurry out of the perlite dust and that might effect the performance of your SGFC. I like to make sure my perlite is nice and airy.
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: EastBayRay]
#19077412 - 11/02/13 10:08 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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EastBayRay said:
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Stromrider said: Another really easy way to do is go ahead and put it in your sgfc and stick it in your shower, turn the shower head on, and moisten the perlite. You're basically using your sgfc as a huge colander. You may have to elevate it in the shower with cups or something so the water drains out properly
That's a great way to do it. Thanks for sharing.
The shower method compacts the perlite too much eventually. I fill the tub up while the SGFC is in the tub. I found that the more you use the shower, the more the perlite gets packed down and eventually gets too packed to work effectively. If you slowly submerge the perlite by running the faucet and letting the tub fill up, it doesn't compact the perlite.
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: MacMerdin]
#19077561 - 11/02/13 10:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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MacMerdin said:
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EastBayRay said:
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Stromrider said: Another really easy way to do is go ahead and put it in your sgfc and stick it in your shower, turn the shower head on, and moisten the perlite. You're basically using your sgfc as a huge colander. You may have to elevate it in the shower with cups or something so the water drains out properly
That's a great way to do it. Thanks for sharing.
The shower method compacts the perlite too much eventually. I fill the tub up while the SGFC is in the tub. I found that the more you use the shower, the more the perlite gets packed down and eventually gets too packed to work effectively. If you slowly submerge the perlite by running the faucet and letting the tub fill up, it doesn't compact the perlite.
get larger/more course perlite
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EastBayRay

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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: bodhisatta]
#19077602 - 11/02/13 10:51 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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bodhisatta said: The shower way works great. The OP way is not the same. You want to get rid of the dust and super small particulate. Pouring the bag out into your SGFC gets rid of a lot of the dust. If you pour water into a bag with drainage holes you're just going to make slurry out of the perlite dust and that might effect the performance of your SGFC. I like to make sure my perlite is nice and airy.
Well I've been doing it the way in the OP for a few years now and I've had no problems whatsoever in a SGFC.
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: MacMerdin]
#19077630 - 11/02/13 10:58 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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MacMerdin said: The shower method compacts the perlite too much eventually. I fill the tub up while the SGFC is in the tub. I found that the more you use the shower, the more the perlite gets packed down and eventually gets too packed to work effectively. If you slowly submerge the perlite by running the faucet and letting the tub fill up, it doesn't compact the perlite.
I just rake it up with my fingers, gets it nice and loose again and no loss in moisture.
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: Pastywhyte]
#19077991 - 11/03/13 12:02 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I did the same thing!! Until it tipped over in my tub and now my FC smells like axe. Hahaha
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: Eveniftheskyfalls]
#19078352 - 11/03/13 01:39 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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well, that is the 1,000,001 reason not to use axe then, i guess.
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: poopy mcpooperson]
#19078384 - 11/03/13 01:51 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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poopy mcpooperson said: well, that is the 1,000,001 reason not to use axe then, i guess.

HEY. axe gets the ladies. It says right on the back of it.they cant say anything on the back that isnt true. I also read that on the back.
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: MacMerdin]
#19078594 - 11/03/13 01:36 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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MacMerdin said: The shower method compacts the perlite too much eventually. I fill the tub up while the SGFC is in the tub. I found that the more you use the shower, the more the perlite gets packed down and eventually gets too packed to work effectively.
Because raking and loosening up the perlite afterwards is impossible?
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: PussyFart]
#19078668 - 11/03/13 02:15 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Eventually? Damn what kinda time frame are we talking about because I can only plan for 1 year ahead max!
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: PussyFart]
#19078695 - 11/03/13 02:34 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Notahacker420 said:
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MacMerdin said: The shower method compacts the perlite too much eventually. I fill the tub up while the SGFC is in the tub. I found that the more you use the shower, the more the perlite gets packed down and eventually gets too packed to work effectively.
Because raking and loosening up the perlite afterwards is impossible?
If you want to take the extra step, go ahead. My way, there is no raking involved nor needed. I thought the point of this forum was to find an easier way of doing the same thing?
To each his own.....
I should know a little bit about compaction being a civil engineer who specializes in geotechnical engineering (read soil....read perlite...read compaction). But, go ahead and rake it and take that extra step.
Oh BTW, my method can be done while cakes are sitting in the SGFC. Can the shower method (including raking) be done with cakes still fruiting in it?
Edited by MacMerdin (11/03/13 02:48 AM)
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: MacMerdin]
#19078709 - 11/03/13 02:45 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Not trying to start anything here...but it's just moving your hands thru the perlite.
Your acting like it's an extra step, but it's really not.....let's be real here....we're talking about an extra 5 seconds.
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Edited by PussyFart (11/03/13 02:45 AM)
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: PussyFart]
#19078711 - 11/03/13 02:49 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Notahacker420 said: Your acting like it's an extra step, but it's really not.....let's be real here....we're talking about an extra 5 seconds.
How can it not be an extra step when it actually is? Also, your hand or whatever you use gets nasty and you have to take the extra step to clean it off. That's actually 2 extra steps instead of just letting the SGFC drain by itself.
Also....
Can the shower method be done with cakes still fruiting in the SGFC? My method can.
Can the shower method also clean the perlite? My method can.
Can the shower method be mixed with a little bleach to disinfect the perlite after it gets nasty? My method can.
Edited by MacMerdin (11/03/13 02:57 AM)
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Re: Hydrating Perlite: No Colander Needed & No Mess! [Re: MacMerdin]
#19078726 - 11/03/13 03:02 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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MacMerdin said:
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Notahacker420 said: Your acting like it's an extra step, but it's really not.....let's be real here....we're talking about an extra 5 seconds.
How can it not be an extra step when it actually is? Also, your hand or whatever you use gets nasty and you have to take the extra step to clean it off. That's actually 2 extra steps instead of just letting the SGFC drain by itself.
Ok, so if you consider rinsing the so called "nasty" rocks of of your hands, add another 5 seconds.
Last time I checked, rocks did not meet the requirements of being "nasty", as they are just rocks.
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MacMerdin said: Also....
Can the shower method be done with cakes still fruiting in the SGFC? My method can.
Can the shower method also clean the perlite? My method can.
Can the shower method be mixed with a little bleach to disinfect the perlite after it gets nasty? My method can.
First of all, calm down, this is not a competition....
Secondly the OP was refering to "New" in the bag perlite, not used.
Thirdly new perlite is "clean", and should only need rinsing.
Please stop trying to one up me, I was only giving my opinion, you are making yourself look like a jackass.
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