Finding Leaks

[SBB]

Ive read about using a mirror to find leaks on a still, Ive tried this method on two previous still builds and never found one.
Just wondering how easily they show up if there is a small leak somewhere?????

[MacStill]

They'll show up easily with a mirror if there is one, also a glass held over the joins will work......

[R-sole]

Somebody posted up using a light in a darkened room on Artisan once. I think it was a plain ol torch too.

[QLD.Andy]

A Bic lighter will show them up real quick :crying-green:

[MacStill]

A Bic lighter will show them up real quick :crying-green:

Oh Andy
:violence-stickwhack:

:laughing-rolling:

[SBB]

Yes the mind suits the face ( Avitar)...evil.

[QLD.Andy]

:teasing-neener: it had to be said :teasing-neener:

[Bursal]

Reviving an old thread but I think the easiest way to find leaks is to use about 50:50 washing up detergent and water applied with a small piece of sponge. I just make up some in a small mustard jar and leave the piece of sponge in with the liquid, part of my still kit. Fridgies use this method at times and the smallest leak will blow bubbles. If the leak is big it will blow the liquid away. You can add some glycerine and the bubbles will hold better.

[stubbydrainer]

your exactly right Bursal, ;)
that is the method I used when working on automotive air conditioning systems, now they use a dye in the gas, but I have seen a/c's that leak gas over time and the dye doesn't show up, and the old bubble check has been used to diagnose the problem....so just because it is an old method it does not mean it's outdated by any means

[Sam.]

For all my beer gear and fermenters I use the Star San sanitiser in a spray bottle, it foams up really well and I use it to test for leaks on my beer kegs. I assume it would work on a still, I only use it as its handy but the detergent would work very well, I have used it in the past looking for leaks on LPG connections.