So today when I was harvesting essence there was a bit of an incident. As I was pulling hard on the syringe, I think there was some cheese caught in the needle, the rubber stopper in the syringe disconnected from the pull. Unfortunately, my handle went forward when the pressure release and I knocked over a 4 oz bottle. It mostly spilt on the cardboard but some ended up in me. Experience is a pretty good teacher and it was again today.

I am cleaned up but I am about 3 ounces short.

Well Your end result looks Great!

Welcome to my world what can go wrong often will, needles, syringes, glass bottles something will often fail.

Lol....Murphy's law

How does that plastic dip do for sealing in the stink???

Generally isn’t much stink if you do it well to begin with but it’s a heck of a lot better than electric tape for the final step

Ain't much stink cause me and you are nose blind to it,,lol.I make and sell deer lure and electric tape the bottles,,but that dip looks pretty good.

Glad I'm not the only one that's had that happen! But on a good note, the smell keeps the moochers out of my beer fridge for awhile.......

I always hated small bottles. I put mine in a 1.75 ltr bottle when it came out of the skunk and sold it in that bottle. The rubber on the plunger will melt and get gummy causing them to pull off. A little vaseline coating the black rubber helps slow it down.

Just curious.....are the caps under the plastic dip metal or plastic?

I like metal over plastic caps as direct contact with pure essence will eat many types of plastics. Over time essence will eat metal caps also if its going to sit on a shelf then plastic can be used but I ship with metal caps to avoid problems.

I would recommend contacting the person you are going to sell to and asking what they want. The person I sell to does NOT want metal caps. So I use plastic. There have been lots of arguments on here about which is better and I have decided to let the person paying me the most for my essence decide

Kansas Rook
I love the look of your finished bottling job.. I haven't done any bottling and selling of quill for quit a few years now..I do have a couple ounces fresh juice in the garage from last fall though. Any one waling into my garage will ask about the skunk smell..
You called you post a "little accident"..I find that funny. Us guys who have handle quill can say that.. "Little Accident" My wife she never thought of any my slip ups and spills as "Little Accidents" don't think neighbors ever did either.. LMAO!
When I had more than couple pods to deal I'd sometime run a mile down road to ways side. Do it all right on tailgate of truck.. I think some folks driving by probably thought I was making up drugs or something..:-)

Mac

Mac, funny how we become accustomed to the stink but our wives never do. Lol