Here is the equipment you will need for racking: 1  Your jug of hard cider. 2  A second, clean sterile and empty glass jug (this is your âsecondaryâ jug) or clean sterile food grade plastic pail. 3  4-6 feet of food grade tubing.  Optional: A lock for the end of the tubing so that you can stop the flow without loosing suction.
Mineral oil is a mixture of complex hydrocarbons, mainly cyclic paraffins and alkanes (ideally 15 to 40 percent carbons). Mineral oil is chemically the same as petroleum jelly or white mineral oil, except it is liquid petroleum which makes it an ideal choice for several applications.
Mineral oil is used to  distinguish oily substances that came out of the ground from oily  substances that are derived from plant â¦ s or animals. The mineral  in this case is petroleum, the substance from which  mineral oil is derived.(Petroleum simply means stone oil in  Greek).   Mineral oil is mainly a mixture of alkane hydrocarbons. If that  sounds a lot like gasoline, it is ...he mineral  in this case is petroleum, the substance from which  mineral oil is derived. (Petroleum simply means stone oil in  Greek).    Mineral oil is mainly a mixture of alkane hydrocarbons.