can you sterilize syringes in a pressure cooker?

[GGAllin]

just curious if would work or if anyone has done it.

PS- I just scored a 30 QT all american PC on craigslist for only 200 bones!!!!!  its new too!!!

[dub504]

Sure can! Wrap in foil, place on top of jars or something else out of the water. 15min @ 15 psi.

[GGAllin]

sweeeet, you da man!

[Vandal_xx]

I did it in boiling water for about 20 min, and had no problems. Then I sucked in and pushed out boiling water a couple of times, then filled it with boiling water and let cool to use for a spore syringe.

[Mr. NIce GuY]

i have never re used a syringe just cause i have done all those steps and still got the trich.. I even boiled it in half water half rubbing alcohol.

[dub504]

Vandal, I've done that too without problems. I was thinking to keep it dry to make an airport for a LC.

[Vandal_xx]

Hey dub, whats an airport for liquid culture?

[dub504]

An airport is a empty syringe with Polyfil in it. You use it to equalize the pressure in a LC jar after PCing, so filtered air enters.

[Vandal_xx]

Ahhh. Thanks dub. Thats a little beyond my skill level at this point, but I love learning.

[joetraff]

I have tried it.
And you know what ?
It works man !!! 
Thanks for the lesson you guys just gave me.
As a newbie I keep on learning everyday.

[dub504]

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[Vandal_xx]

Ohh.... does that mean catholic school girls??? Over 18 of course!!

[Fun Guy]

Why would you need to sterilize with PC?  I reuse all my syringes.  Just suck up a syringe full of Alcohol.  let it sit for ten minutes while u get a pot of water boiling.  Squirt alcohol back into bottle and suck up boiling water into syringe, squirt into sink, suck up more boiling water, squirt into sink, repeat about 6 or 7 times, the last time filling whole syringe with boiling water and capping it with supplied syringe cap(small plastic peice that screws on where needle goes).  You now have a sterile syringe full of sterile water.  you can do anything with it at that point.

[alexdenipaul]

The following procedure is an inexpensive method for making clean spore syringes without the use of a glove box. We developed this technique for shiitake, but it can be applied to other mushrooms as well. Here is an overview of the process: You will be sterilizing water in a syringe, getting your print inside a clean bag, then injecting the sterile water from the syringe right into the bag and sucking it back out with the spores.

[psilocybin warrior]

Follow "Procedure One"

http://www.shroomery.org/8403/Psilocybers-Syringe-Tek

[d0nnf8]

I have sterilized syringes in a pressure cooker and it has worked just fine!! But I never used the Pressure Cooker for anything else!! But these days I used the disposable ones though they are more expensive but save time and is more convenient for me now!! I use it few times before throwing it away and have had no problems till now!! Are the glass ones available now?? I haven't seen it in a long time now!!