After 3 months of waiting for my Plum wine to clear, I added Sparkloid
tonight. 3 tsp for 3 gallons of wine in 1/4 cup water. Brought to a
boil, simmered for another minute (sure seemed plenty mixed), ran down
stairs & dumped it in while stirring vigorously.

I've never used this before. Never had a batch that didn't fall clear
on its own.

Anyway... it seems that at least most of the Sparkloid formed strands
in the wine and settled out almost immediately. I this right? Did I
screw something up? I happy to wait another month or so for it to
clear if this will work. I just didn't expect it to be dropping out
so quickly.

Same for me first time I tried Sparkloid, It seemed it all dropped to
the bottom after 12 or so hours. I was going to try it again after a
month but over the next few days it had cleared great. Took about 2
weeks before most of it fell from the sides of the carboy and seeing
some of it in the wine still with a flashlight. But it improved every
day. Botteling tonight!

"Dan" > wrote in message
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> Same for me first time I tried Sparkloid, It seemed it all dropped to
> the bottom after 12 or so hours. I was going to try it again after a
> month but over the next few days it had cleared great. Took about 2
> weeks before most of it fell from the sides of the carboy and seeing
> some of it in the wine still with a flashlight. But it improved every
> day. Botteling tonight!

Dan, bottling tonight may not be a good idea. Sparkolloid produces very
fine sediment that falls slowly. So, Sparkolloid should not be used less
than 6 weeks prior to bottling.
lum

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> Dan, bottling tonight may not be a good idea. Sparkolloid produces very
> fine sediment that falls slowly. So, Sparkolloid should not be used less
> than 6 weeks prior to bottling.
> lum

hmm, thanks Lum! My directions said to wait 2 weeks and I waited just
under 3. Bottled before I read this, but it should all be gone before
my next batch. It may not come out as perfect as I could do, but it
will still be better then having to buy a bottle everytime I make a
meal