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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Sir Pentinite]
    #26367497 - 12/07/19 05:50 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

I live next to a very good college. All their equipment is top quality even the stuff they sell to people. I have bought lots of stuff from them. You could build a fractional distillation aperatus for like $200 from them and it's quality glass. They also have home improvement things and microwaves and TV's. A fucking mascot costume lol


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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: ZombiWurm]
    #26367872 - 12/07/19 08:59 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Just get the Pyrex ones.  Trying to save $2 on some junky ones will just cost you more in the end because you will eventually buy the good ones.  $12 or whatever they are is worth it.

Yes, not 100% necessary... you can pour agar from beer bottles if you want.  But the perfect tool is not expensive and easily available.  And will save you a ton of time and headache.  Pouring from shitty bottles is along the same lines of using a sledgehammer to drive a nail into a piece of wood.  Yes, you can do it.  But if you are going to do it more than once, get the right tool.

Bod said it exactly right in his agar tek:

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bodhisatta said:
To make the best agar I like to add all the dry ingredients into a media bottle

these are 500mL pyrex media bottles, they're made for agar, they're about 15 dollars shipped, and they're the only bottle I will personally use for agar. Completely unmodified as is these are bar none the best vessel for pour agar.





Read the words on the bottle in the picture.  Stop doing it the hard way.


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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Growtech]
    #26377016 - 12/12/19 11:12 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

They're about $45Cad in Canada, bit of a jump in price but you get what you pay for.

I did have a question about these bottles though when sterilizing the agar do you keep the plastic lids on or does it not get hot enough to melt the lid?
On the lid of the pyrex gl45 it says Max Temp 140 Celcius or about 284 Fahrenheit.


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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: spicetimetraveller]
    #26377038 - 12/12/19 11:26 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Why would they be so expensive in Canada?  Doesn't Amazon ship to Canada?  $24.94 for 2 of them on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HM9CKR6/

Keep the lids on, but crack them so they aren't sealed while in pressure cooker and cover the lid with foil.  140C is hotter than your pressure cooker will get.  These things are literally made to be autoclaved over and over.  Your pressure cooker would probably explode from too much pressure (well safety valve would pop) long before it could reach 140C.


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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Growtech]
    #26377062 - 12/12/19 11:44 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Import fees, tariffs, shipping costs, etc... All get tacked on the price Americans see


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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: bodhisatta]
    #26377141 - 12/12/19 12:41 PM (4 years, 1 month ago)

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bodhisatta said:
Import fees, tariffs, shipping costs, etc... All get tacked on the price Americans see


Oh ya... that.  lol

Still worth it.


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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: Growtech]
    #26378510 - 12/13/19 05:17 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Oh okay, just thought pc temp of 120c of around 250f would be close. I'm gonna get one for now, pretty excited to trying cloning after reading all these teks.

Thanks for the info!


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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: spicetimetraveller]
    #26378929 - 12/13/19 10:21 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

I was using a microwave to prepare the agar not sterilize it.


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Re: Don't put a bottle of MEA in the microwave. [Re: ZombiWurm]
    #26378942 - 12/13/19 10:25 AM (4 years, 1 month ago)

Yea I bought plastic lids so I could microwave the agar jar easier.


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