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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ajmassa" data-source="post: 640495" data-attributes="member: 34871">Maybe we've strayed from the original question.  "Breaking the seal" -meaning pinching the Vinstopper to allow the newly surfaced CO2 that is all fizzed up nearly touching the bottom of the bung to be removed (assuming the CO2 is escaping the carboy and not going back into the wine. For the purpose of making space for pumping more CO2 out directly after.  And repeating. Pump. Squeeze. Pump. Squeeze. Pump. Squeeze. Etc.  leaving the last one under vacuum and CO2 fizz dissipating naturally. OR Until no more CO2 is surfacing. Then putting my airlock back on.       With a stubborn batch that is pretty full sometimes it only takes a few pumps  to fill the headspace with CO2 fizz again.      And basically inquired if waiting the 10 -20 min dissipation time between pumping is the same as breaking the seal to pump more directly after.   I'm not trying to "get more gas out then what I have pumped".    I'm trying to pump gas out more time efficiently.           Releasing the vacuum is just a byproduct of clearing fizz from headspace in this case. Not the endproduct.</blockquote>

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