"Tater" wrote in message
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On Apr 2, 4:11 pm, Doug wrote:
On Mar 30, 6:34 pm, Tater wrote:

My plums do not look like they are clearing, even though every time I
rack there is sediment. in looking at filters I see that the cheapest
looks exactly like a water filter. is this true? other filters seem
too expensive. plum has been settling for about 6 months and is still
thick as mud

Tater -
Not to discourage you from making your own filter, but if this
wine is still "thick as mud", a filter really isn't the answer.
Unless the wine is reasonably clear, trying to run it through a filter
will just clog up the filter and make a mess.

The primary ingredient needed for clearing wine is patience. At six
months, though, you ought to be seeing reasonable progress. If you
did not use any pectic enzyme earlier in the process, that would be a
good thing to try. If that doesn't help, I'd recommend either
bentonite or the hot-mix Sparkalloid. Both of those are pretty mild
in terms of their effect on the wine (from what I've read, anyway).
As a last resort, try a package of Super-Kleer. Try one thing at a
time, and give it two weeks or more to see if it's having any effect.
If you can't see any change in two weeks, try the next one.

Doug

well "thick as mud" isn't a clearly defined technical term. but i
think i'll be getting a cheap filter setup together in the comming
months. I did add peptic enzyme at the beginning, but did not know it
was meant for clearing(aside from haze) I got some sparkaloid and
might give that a try after i do some gross filtering. I was thinking
of running it thru a 50 micron and then maybe a 20-25 micron to see if
there is improvement. with that large a size, I'd guess that i wouldnt
have too much problem with clogging, the earlier rackings did have
quite a bit of sediment, but it looks like I have something that wont
settle with just gravity. the past 4 rackings there has not been a
noticeable change in clarity, or lack of.

Why not just get a mini jet filter system, they're pretty cheap and work
awesome.