Superkleer question.

[dralarms]

I’ve got a carboy of joam that I added stage one in, after a couple hours it looks like this

My question is should I skip stage 2? Usually if I add the second stage when it looks like this then it gets cloudy and takes forever to clear.

Are there any repercussions by not using stage 2?

 

[salcoco]

if it is really clear and tastes fine full speed ahead.

 

[dralarms]

That’s what I thought as well, but my brother seems to think I’m screwing up if I don’t use the second stage.

 

[tradowsk]

Depending on what's in the wine/mead, you sometimes only need the kieselsol to get it clear. No need to add the chito to something that's already clear.

 

[dralarms]

Depending on what's in the wine/mead, you sometimes only need the kieselsol to get it clear. No need to add the chito to something that's already clear.

That’s what I thought. It’s bottled. And mighty fine too.

 

[Scooter68]

Less is more in times like these. Skip it.

 

[JWT_Can]

If there was enough protein and yeast for the kieselsol (stage 1) to drop out you are fine. You could do a small sample with a bit of chitosan added to see if anything drops out. I would be worried that not all the stage 1 dropped out and will later precipitate in the bottle, but a small sample could confirm for you.

 

[joeswine]

Would it make a difference I think so it completes the balancing act of the chems . That's why it's there.