ld carlson acid titration kit

[bonvec]

My first time using this kit and I really can't tell when this color change occurs. I am testing Syrah and I even tried diluting the with distilled water. Its such a judgement call . I tried using under incandesent light and outside still its a guess. I work with colors in my occupation and consider myself to have a pretty good eye. Any suggestions or different products I should consider.

 

[masta]

The color change with this type of dark wine can be a challenge as you have found and if dilution still doesn't help the best solution is a pH meter. When adding the NaOH the color change occurs at a pH of 8.2 and a properly calibrated pH will take all the guess work out of this type of acid test.

 

[dfwwino]

If you can't see the color change after diluting with 30 ml of distilled water and using white paper background, then I suppose it is time to buy that PH meter, as Masta proposes.

 

[bonvec]

Didn't try the white paper background maybe I should try again.