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[chevyguy65]

Scuba,


We send our sympathy!

Your loss will help many...

 

[NorthernWinos]

Sorry to hear about this mishap...I often prop the carboy up on a big butcher knife handle while siphoning to hold it at an angle to get the last drop out...and...I have left for a minute hoping it wouldn't shift...think I might invest in one of those plastic wedge things invented for this purpose....
Hope you still have enough wine for the wedding.

 

[grapeman]

NW, you might want to stay with the knife or possibly a shallow rubber doorstop. I have one of the plastic wedges and never use it anymore. It puts the carboy on too steep of an angle and it rocks like crazy-very unstable. I use a little plastic tackle tray about 3/4" high that works well. Of course there are more than one model of them, and I may have chosen the wrong one when I got it.

 

[masta]

I use my trusty clamp to hold the autosiphon when starting a racking operation and it works great a carboy wedge to get all the liquid out.

 

[rgecaprock]

Oh, no Scuba,
That story just gave me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach!!! Was it white or red? Was it carpet or tile? I guess that is why I always hold my carboy and tip it myself to get all I can out of it. I imagine that happening and then tighten my grip. Sorry you had such a mess.


Ramona