Wilko CT not dissolving

[HLA91]

Hi everyone

Last week I was sorting through a wardrobe where I found a DJ of peach and wheat wine which had a speck of something on the surface. I gave it a crushed CT just to be on the safe side and within 24 hours a once crystal clear wine was cloudy, I believe I fell victim to the Youngs cloudy campden problem.
Anyway I have around 7 DJ's that need racking as the past few months I have been moving house/changing jobs etc... So winemaking has taken a very back seat. I picked up some CT's from wilkinsons and racked 2 wines and crushed 1 in each gallon. Both gallons now have a noticeable amount of powder floating on the top and even after shaking and 48+ hours it doesn't look like its going away, is this normal with wilkos CT's and should I just crack on with the other wines that need racking?

Also I have never racked more than 1 demijohn at a time so if I wanted to do multiple demijohns would I need to resterilise the siphon before moving onto the next dj or just quickly rinse? I just want to know how to safely go about racking multiple demijohns save me doing one each night

Many thanks

HLA91

 

[Brewtrog]

I don't know about the first bit, but when I rack my wines (I always rack several brews) I just give the siphon a good rinse out, the only way your wine would spoil is if there was a problem with the first wine you racked. Personally I don't think that is enough of a risk to sterilise between brews, but it's up to you.

 

[iceo]

iv had the same problem with wilko's CT it leaves white bits floating in the top inch for some reason.

 

[morethanworts]

It may be obvious, but just to check: are you a) crushing the tablets really well and b) adding them to the empty DJ and racking on to it?

I racked a a WOW with a Wilkos CT a week or so ago, following the above, and it's clear. I had previously added CTs to a couple of DJs filled with water, just to keep them fresh, and noticed white bits floating around. I'm not sure I'd done a) and b) with them.

 

[HLA91]

I didn't rack onto the campdens I added them after so maybe just shaking the demijohn doesn't help them dissolve like having wine siphoned onto them. I assume its just the bulking product which is probably not dissolving, I have just checked now and it's not really floating anymore its now in suspension. As long as its done its work the bits will be caught by the filter when I filter them all.

I thought just rising should do it but I just wanted to check what others are doing.

 

[HLA91]

I have just realised before I knew about the possible issue with Wilko's CT's leaving bits I added one each to two gallons of wine which had been filtered around 9 months ago. The airlocks had run dry and showed slight mould (in the airlock) so to be on the safe side I added 1 crushed ct to each but now no matter how often I shake the DJ the bits won't dissolve. All I can think of doing is filtering and bottling asap as I normally add a ct when I filter due to the splashing but maybe I will have to leave them out for that one. Annoying :cry: