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found this,sounds good to me.but same person that wrote sells the filters funnily enough??,wot do you guys think?
Get an old oil drum and cut a 7" circular hole in the top of the lid. I have also fitted a rotary hand pump in mine.
Make sure the drum is clean and free from metal off-cuts before using it and ensure that you file off any rough edges on the hole to protect your filter (once you have a ‘used’ filter, you can trim the material away and use its plastic rim as a ‘liner’
Insert the filter sock (the rigid plastic rim will hold the sock in place).
To increase the life of your 5 micron filters, first pour your oil through a fine metal sieve to get the lumpy bits out! Put the WVO back into the container and give it a week to ten days to settle; you will see a ‘cloud’ forming at the bottom.
I have previously used j-clothes and old pillow cases placed in a metal strainer for the next phase, but found these to be painfully slow compared to a 25 micron filter sock.
So, now carefully pour the clear oil through a 25 micron filter sock, leaving the cloudy stuff in the bottom of the container. If you put in a search on ebay for ‘syphon pump’, you will find very cheap (0.99p plus post) hand operated pumps for cleaning fish tanks, wine making etc. I have found this to be a relatively slow (6.5 litres per minute) but sure method of removing the clean oil from the cloudy stuff.
At the risk of turning this into a blog, many of you have also requested 10 micron filters. It sounded logical, but I wanted to try it myself before selling them. Sure enough, their use DOES improve the life of the 5 micron filters so I have now incorporated one into my system. I have also been asked for 1 micron filters! To be honest I won't be using these because I drive a tractor disguised as a car, but I do now have these in stock.
So, once through the 25 and 10 micron filters, my oil then goes through a 5 micron filter suspended in the lid of a 200 litre drum where it is stored ready for use.
I am frequently asked “how long will my filter last?”. The answer depends entirely on the quality of the oil you are getting, whether you sieve it first, how long you settle it for, how carefully you pour/siphon it off and whether you filter it through your old jeans/ a 25 and 10 micron filter etc before it goes through the final 5 micron filter!!
Get an old oil drum and cut a 7" circular hole in the top of the lid. I have also fitted a rotary hand pump in mine.
Make sure the drum is clean and free from metal off-cuts before using it and ensure that you file off any rough edges on the hole to protect your filter (once you have a ‘used’ filter, you can trim the material away and use its plastic rim as a ‘liner’
Insert the filter sock (the rigid plastic rim will hold the sock in place).
To increase the life of your 5 micron filters, first pour your oil through a fine metal sieve to get the lumpy bits out! Put the WVO back into the container and give it a week to ten days to settle; you will see a ‘cloud’ forming at the bottom.
I have previously used j-clothes and old pillow cases placed in a metal strainer for the next phase, but found these to be painfully slow compared to a 25 micron filter sock.
So, now carefully pour the clear oil through a 25 micron filter sock, leaving the cloudy stuff in the bottom of the container. If you put in a search on ebay for ‘syphon pump’, you will find very cheap (0.99p plus post) hand operated pumps for cleaning fish tanks, wine making etc. I have found this to be a relatively slow (6.5 litres per minute) but sure method of removing the clean oil from the cloudy stuff.
At the risk of turning this into a blog, many of you have also requested 10 micron filters. It sounded logical, but I wanted to try it myself before selling them. Sure enough, their use DOES improve the life of the 5 micron filters so I have now incorporated one into my system. I have also been asked for 1 micron filters! To be honest I won't be using these because I drive a tractor disguised as a car, but I do now have these in stock.
So, once through the 25 and 10 micron filters, my oil then goes through a 5 micron filter suspended in the lid of a 200 litre drum where it is stored ready for use.
I am frequently asked “how long will my filter last?”. The answer depends entirely on the quality of the oil you are getting, whether you sieve it first, how long you settle it for, how carefully you pour/siphon it off and whether you filter it through your old jeans/ a 25 and 10 micron filter etc before it goes through the final 5 micron filter!!
Just pre-filter, settle and final filter. You should be fine. 
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