The ACS Gascolator is supplied with either a 74 or a 120 micron filter.
You may have overlooked it. It is a flat circular disk of extremely fine Stainless Steel screening.
Replacements are readily available from A/C-Spruce for under $4.
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Paper Filters do not like water.
Paper Filters and 100LL or Ethanol Free MoGas (E-0) would be the worse combination.
ANY amount of water in 100LL AvGas is going to cause problems.
E-10 MoGas would be the better combination.
E-10 MoGas will keep up to 1/2% of water harmlessly in solution. Harmlessly!!!
1/2% is ~1/2 ounce per gallon, or over 12 ounces per 20 gallons.
That is a lot of water to get iinto a tank, and would have you rethinking the entire flight if you ever drained a cup and a half of water out of the sump.
The Paper Gasoline Filter concern dates from the days when lead was first removed from gasoline and a number of Octane Booster Replacement additives that are NO LONGER legal for use would form mixtures with water that would not pass through paper filters.
Ethanol does NOT have this problem.