Tubing safe for boil kettle?

I decided that a false bottom for my boil kettle would not be a bad idea after I noticed that whole hops make life frustrating by clogging up the spigot on my kettle. I was going to actually spend money and buy one but then I decided to try to make one my self. It's more of a filter than a false bottom really. What I want to do is use the stainless steel tube from the inside of a converted keg as a filter. I would flatten and fold or cap off one end of the tube while fastening the tube to the inside stainless steel coupler. I would attach the tube to the coupler with a piece to 1" OD rubber hose. To convert the tube to a filter I would cut small slits all the way down the bottom side of the tube with a hack saw about every 8th of an inch. The slits would face the bottom so that it would pull from the bottom.

So here are my questions.

  1. Does any one see a problem with this design?
  2. What type of hose would I have to purchase to withstand a boil and not leach chemicals into the wort?

Thanks,

David

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djones
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Silicone rubber tubing is inert, and should be the same material in essence that they make that silicone bakeware from. That's the stuff.

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Simon Cooper

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