Hi,

trying to use one of these on a kit Reisling. I must be doing something
really wrong because I can't get a reading at all. The top of the liquor
(from where I believe I read) never reaches the zero mark, never mind a
percentage. Where am I going wrong?

It should be very clean, I clean mine with grain alcohol after
rinsining, it leaves no residue.

The wine must be dry, it works on viscosity.

I fill mine 2/3 full, let 6 drops pass through and invert to read.

Joe

"R-D-C" > wrote in message >...
> Hi,
>
> trying to use one of these on a kit Reisling. I must be doing something
> really wrong because I can't get a reading at all. The top of the liquor
> (from where I believe I read) never reaches the zero mark, never mind a
> percentage. Where am I going wrong?

It was dripping but I think you may be right and it may be a toy for the
bin. I will stick with the hydrometer. The reason I was checking was I
think the kit is a bit pooh. Initial gravity was 67 which seems way too low
so I guess I will need to drink this one quickly.

"Bob" > wrote in message
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>
> "R-D-C" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi,
>>
>> trying to use one of these on a kit Reisling. I must be doing something
>> really wrong because I can't get a reading at all. The top of the liquor
>> (from where I believe I read) never reaches the zero mark, never mind a
>> percentage. Where am I going wrong?
>>
> You may be trying to read it before the wine has completely filled the
> tube and begun dripping out of the bottom. You must wait for this and then
> flip it over and wait for it to settle down to the right mark.
> Those things are such a pain in the patootie that I don't use mine
> anymore. I just use my hydrometer.
>
>

"R-D-C" > wrote in message
...
> It was dripping but I think you may be right and it may be a toy for the
> bin. I will stick with the hydrometer. The reason I was checking was I
> think the kit is a bit pooh. Initial gravity was 67 which seems way too
low
> so I guess I will need to drink this one quickly.

There are worse things in life than having a lot of cheap wine that you
need to drink! Just be sure everybody is already drunk first!
John 2:10 and *said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first, and when
{the people} have drunk freely, {then he serves} the poorer {wine;} {but}
you have kept the good wine until now."
John 2:11 This beginning of {His} signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and
manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

>
> "Bob" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "R-D-C" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> trying to use one of these on a kit Reisling. I must be doing
something
> >> really wrong because I can't get a reading at all. The top of the
liquor
> >> (from where I believe I read) never reaches the zero mark, never mind a
> >> percentage. Where am I going wrong?
> >>
> > You may be trying to read it before the wine has completely filled
the
> > tube and begun dripping out of the bottom. You must wait for this and
then
> > flip it over and wait for it to settle down to the right mark.
> > Those things are such a pain in the patootie that I don't use mine
> > anymore. I just use my hydrometer.
> >
> >
>
>