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, also called liquid petroleum, paraffin oil or white mineral oil is an inexpensive byproduct produced in the purification of petroleum and during the production of gasoline and other petrochemical products from crude oil. Mineral oil is a light, colorless, transparent, tasteless, odorless and oily liquid that will not spoil.