Hello folks -

My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
to go.

The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
mm.

What size corks should I use?

I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
one size in fact fit all?

I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
stupid mistake!

Thanks.

Jack wrote:
> Hello folks -
>
> My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
> to go.
>
> The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
> mm.
>
> What size corks should I use?
>
> I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
> one size in fact fit all?
>
> I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
> stupid mistake!
>
> Thanks.
>

#9 x 1 3/4 inserted with a floor corker works for me with an large
assortment of salvaged bottles.

Steve

I would go with your guess, Margalit says 18 - 19 mm is standard for
750 ml bottles and a #9 is standard for them. A natural # 9 is 24
+/-0.5 mm in diameter. Synthetic diameters vary due to the density
difference of the material, a Guardian is narrower than a NomaCorq or
SupremeCorq since it's denser. 17 seems a bit much to compress it.

Jellenek has some QC info on their website related to corks.

Joe

Jack wrote:
> Hello folks -
>
> My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
> to go.
>
> The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
> mm.
>
> What size corks should I use?
>
> I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
> one size in fact fit all?
>
> I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
> stupid mistake!
>
> Thanks.

Thanks!

Jack

Joe Sallustio wrote:

> I would go with your guess, Margalit says 18 - 19 mm is standard for
> 750 ml bottles and a #9 is standard for them. A natural # 9 is 24
> +/-0.5 mm in diameter. Synthetic diameters vary due to the density
> difference of the material, a Guardian is narrower than a NomaCorq or
> SupremeCorq since it's denser. 17 seems a bit much to compress it.
>
> Jellenek has some QC info on their website related to corks.
>
> Joe
>
> Jack wrote:
> > Hello folks -
> >
> > My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
> > to go.
> >
> > The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
> > mm.
> >
> > What size corks should I use?
> >
> > I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
> > one size in fact fit all?
> >
> > I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
> > stupid mistake!
> >
> > Thanks.

Jack:

In my experience, it seems to depend more on the corker & the corks
than the bottles. Although since I'm not a fan of hand corkers, I
will GUESS that hand corkers MIGHT have a hard time with the 17mm
openings.

The floor corkers that I have used (at least two different ones) have
had no problems inserting #9's into a random selection of bottles.
Sorry I can't guarantee any 17mm bottles cause I just got some cheap
calipers, and I've been using them to measure corks rather than
bottles.

Why measure corks? Because people with hand corkers seem to have
problems with the #9's that are 24mm across, and don't have problems
with the #9s that are 23mm across.

BTW, last week bottled a batch with a blue Ferrari (Italian) floor
corker (brass jaws). Used 24mm #9s in a random selection of bottles.
No problems.

Steve

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:22:41 GMT, Jack > wrote:

>Hello folks -
>
>My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
>to go.
>
>The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
>mm.
>
>What size corks should I use?
>
>I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
>one size in fact fit all?
>
>I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
>stupid mistake!
>
>Thanks.

Thanks!

Jack

Steve wrote:

> Jack:
>
> In my experience, it seems to depend more on the corker & the corks
> than the bottles. Although since I'm not a fan of hand corkers, I
> will GUESS that hand corkers MIGHT have a hard time with the 17mm
> openings.
>
> The floor corkers that I have used (at least two different ones) have
> had no problems inserting #9's into a random selection of bottles.
> Sorry I can't guarantee any 17mm bottles cause I just got some cheap
> calipers, and I've been using them to measure corks rather than
> bottles.
>
> Why measure corks? Because people with hand corkers seem to have
> problems with the #9's that are 24mm across, and don't have problems
> with the #9s that are 23mm across.
>
> BTW, last week bottled a batch with a blue Ferrari (Italian) floor
> corker (brass jaws). Used 24mm #9s in a random selection of bottles.
> No problems.
>
> Steve
>
> On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:22:41 GMT, Jack > wrote:
>
> >Hello folks -
> >
> >My collection of scrounged bottles has been cleaned, polished and ready
> >to go.
> >
> >The opening sizes on the bottles vary: 17 mm, 18 mm, 18.5 mm and some 19
> >mm.
> >
> >What size corks should I use?
> >
> >I'm guessing that #9 would be a tight fit in the 17 mm openings, or will
> >one size in fact fit all?
> >
> >I've been told it's better to ask a stupid question than to male a
> >stupid mistake!
> >
> >Thanks.