Help!! Quick question re degassing

[WineGirl2]

We can't get our wine degassed with our equipment. Can we just put the bung and airlock back in, buy what we need and finish degassing tomorrow? Then top off tomorrow.

We are doing the Vintners Coastal Red kit. We added #3, #4 & #5.

Thanks!

 

[rob]

Yes you could, no worries

 

[rob]

What were you trying to degass with?

 

[WineGirl2]

Thanks

Oh, it's ridiculous. First we were manually stirring with the handle of the long white spoon. Then we cut the spoon end off and put it on a drill. We'll pick up the thing with the paddles on it and try that tomorrow. Unless there's something better to use?

 

[Polarhug]

The spoon handle should work quite well. Splash around a bit, then let it rest. Rinse, repeat. Sometimes you are whipping air back into the liquid unintentionally if you whip it too hard

 

[mmadmikes1]

Sometimes people, just getting startd, doing kits go by the time on instruction and not the Hydrometer and try to no avail to degass before the wine is done.

 

[TonyP]

Please let us know two important things. To Mike's point, how do you know the wine has finished fermenting? Second, how do you know you have not finished degassing? If you have bubbles describe the activity and bubble size if possible.

 

[WineGirl2]

Oh, I didn't think about whipping air back in.

I filled a tube halfway with wine, put my palm over it and shook it. Each time it released pressure when I took my hand off. The bubbles are little.