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Mike, As a chemist, I am encouraged at your entrepreneurial approach to experimentation to problem solving. Cheers!

Troy, Kinda new here, but wanted to share something. Bear with me... My wife and I met in 1989 through a mutual friend. He was a guy I worked with who was a year or so younger than me and we eventually became roommates in college. She graduated high school with him and he introduced us to...

Roughly 16.7 pounds sugar to 1 gallon water at room temp to make a saturated solution (based on solubility of ~200g/100mL).

I like to use a nylon hose barb adaptor. Available in the plumbing department at Lowes or Home Depot for a few bucks. The ID of the threaded end of the adaptor is the same size as the OD of the racking cane or tubing (if the ID of the threaded end is too small, simply whittle it out a bit with a...

Bob, If you want to have a physical notebook as opposed to an electronic version or spreadsheet, I would suggest a lab notebook similar to this one: Rediform Quadrille Ruled Notebook, Part number 53110. (I would post a link, but my newbie status won't allow me to do so). They're available at...

sjo - Not sure how you can get the same results without the phenolphthalein being added, the phenolphthalein is what changes color at pH=8.3. Without it, you will see no color change during the titration. You said earlier: "My directions say to add the sodium hydroxide untill there is no...

Hello All, I've been lurking on this forum (and a few others) for about six months now. I just started making wine again this past September after a long 10 year hiatus. Bought a few En Primeur kits to get back into the swing of things and have been impressed with their progress so far. I...