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 an industrially produced derivative of crude oil. This is the very same oil that many of you put into your car as petroleum. The crude oil undergoes a process of purification, until it is refined into a slippery fluid, ready to be used in a variety of cosmetics. The problem with this process is that crude oil contains many toxins and carcinogenic materials. If properly distilled, these should in theory be removed from mineral oil.