LoneStarLori
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My hubs brought me a HACH 135 Minilab ph tester. I have tried, and tried to make this work. The instructions are pretty vague and I am really clueless in acid testing.
If anyone has used this, can you please explain the step by step. I can sometimes get a good calibration according to the pictures, but when I try to test a Eclipse Sonoma Dry Creek Chardonnay, I think I am getting 14.0 that seems really high. I was using the yellow liquid to calibrate.
Update, I did a test also using the vinters best acid testing kit and had to use 14 drop of the sodium hydroxide solution to get a stable rose color. I guess that would also be 14? Box says a white should be .75.
Help!
notice # 3 only says "measurement". well to me, the pictorial is really not user friendly for a first timer.
If anyone has used this, can you please explain the step by step. I can sometimes get a good calibration according to the pictures, but when I try to test a Eclipse Sonoma Dry Creek Chardonnay, I think I am getting 14.0 that seems really high. I was using the yellow liquid to calibrate.
Update, I did a test also using the vinters best acid testing kit and had to use 14 drop of the sodium hydroxide solution to get a stable rose color. I guess that would also be 14? Box says a white should be .75.
Help!
notice # 3 only says "measurement". well to me, the pictorial is really not user friendly for a first timer.
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