<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:12px"><section class="" data-module="article-body" style="margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; color: rgb(68, 75, 81); line-height: 24px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7295"><h2 class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-family: lev_serifhandcut; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 30px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7300"><span style="font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7387">This may - or may not - help .... There is always a cross over between good occupations. The trick is to find it.</span><br></h2><h2 class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-family: lev_serifhandcut; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 30px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7300"><u>Instructions</u></h2><ol style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 45px; padding-left: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7294"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-family: lev_serifhandcut; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7299"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 21px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; vertical-align: top; -webkit-font-smoothing: auto;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7298">Fill up your pot 1/4 to 1/2 of the way with water.</div></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-family: lev_serifhandcut; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7297"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 21px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; vertical-align: top; -webkit-font-smoothing: auto;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7296">Place the pot of water on the stove and bring it to a boil over high heat, uncovered.</div></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-family: lev_serifhandcut; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7302"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 21px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; vertical-align: top; -webkit-font-smoothing: auto;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7301">Remove the pot of boiling water from the heat and drop in the corks. This will both soften the corks through steaming and the boiling water will sanitize the corks.</div></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-family: lev_serifhandcut; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7304"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 21px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; vertical-align: top; -webkit-font-smoothing: auto;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7303">Place the cover on the pot and let the corks sit in the water until they are pliable and give to gentle pressure. The time could range between 3 and 15 minutes depending upon the number and size of the corks you are steaming.</div></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-family: lev_serifhandcut; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7346"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 21px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; vertical-align: top; -webkit-font-smoothing: auto;" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7345">Remove the corks and pat dry before inserting into your wine bottles.</div></li></ol><div id="m2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 1771.72485351563px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7437"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="DMINSTR" type="adimpression" data-type="adTracking" name="&adunit_id=ca-ehow_336x280&ad_unit_type=CNT&ad_unit_network=GAP&revenue_basis=CPC&ad_position=-&revenue_tag=food_wine" data-module="google-ad-336x280" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div id="GoogleAdsense336x280" class="" style="margin: -17px 0px 35px 45px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div></section><div class="" data-module="tips-warnings" style="margin: 0px 0px 35px; padding: 0px 20px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; outline: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 75, 81); line-height: 24px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7306"><h2 class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 24px; font-family: lev_serifhandcut; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 30px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7305">Tips & Warnings</h2><div class="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7309"><div class="" data-icon="s" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 34px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left;"></div><ul class="" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 530px; float: right;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7308"><li class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7307">Do not boil the corks in water or soak them longer than the prescribed time. This would break down the cork material and result in weakness in the cork, causing leaks or pieces of cork to break off into the wine.</li></ul></div></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7292"><br style="color: rgb(68, 75, 81); font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><br style="color: rgb(68, 75, 81); font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(68, 75, 81); font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;" class="">Read more : </span><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5122380_soften-corks-wine-making.html" style="border: 0px; outline-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Museo Sans 300'; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; -webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease; transition: color 0.3s ease; color: rgb(68, 75, 81); line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7293">http://www.ehow.com/how_5122380_soften-corks-wine-making.html</a><span></span></div> <div class="" style="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1435938640706_7291"><span class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></span></div><br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Friday, 3 July 2015, 15:33, Mark Haynes via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">What is the best way to get those pesky cork jet seals soft in order to install them without breaking them? <br>I've thought that maybe wrapping them with a damp paper towel and microwaving them might work. any other ideas? 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