Thanks folks..I did the cotton ball for first couple of day still the
juice was very frothy and now switched to the plastic airlock. SG is
at 1.030 so well on the way to some vino. It started at 1.090 SG.
Thanks for all your inputs..its appreciated!
Rick

On Sun, 20 May 2007 11:48:58 -0400, RickaTTic wrote:

>I purchased a kit with a white 5 gal bucket, which has a small hole
>and grommet in it. I can insert the plastic airlock in the hole but
>since there were no specific instructions with the kit I am not sure
>what to do. I have read that people use a cotton ball in the hole,
>leave the lid loose and or cover with plastic. So what is the best way
>to go? I bought the setup from Corrados in NJ and they gave a book '90
>years of winemaking Richard Schumm' but it really did'nt seem to
>apply to the kit I have. More geared to advanced crushed grapes rather
>than from juice. I surfed all over the net and there is no specific
>answers to that question. I'll try and call the store today but does
>anybody have a an idea of what is the best way to go in the primary
>fermentation bucket?
>
>Thanks