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Title: is my feed to thick? i want to draw comb off my plastic cell foundationl
Post by: adamant on July 04, 2012, 08:12:41 PM
5 gal of water to 25 lbs sugar. thats 41 lbs of water to 25 sugar
Title: Re: is my feed to thick? i want to draw comb off my plastic cell foundationl
Post by: beek1951 on July 04, 2012, 11:45:00 PM
A tad better than 2:1, good for Spring/Summer comb production.
Title: Re: is my feed to thick? i want to draw comb off my plastic cell foundationl
Post by: Michael Bush on July 05, 2012, 12:18:13 AM
Sounds perfect to me...
Title: Re: is my feed to thick? i want to draw comb off my plastic cell foundationl
Post by: adamant on July 05, 2012, 06:42:58 AM
Quote from: Michael Bush on July 05, 2012, 12:18:13 AM
Sounds perfect to me...
hi mike:
whats sounds perfec, the tad bettet then 1 to 1  or my mix.. ? mine seems thin.

if its the tad better then 1 to 1 ,is it better on the sugar or water side? 
Title: Re: is my feed to thick? i want to draw comb off my plastic cell foundationl
Post by: mikecva on July 05, 2012, 12:39:12 PM
A gallon of water is 8.34 lbs. (5 gallons would be 41.7 lbs) To be 1:1 you would need 3 gallons of water for 25 lbs of sugar. This will yield almost 5 gallons of syrup. -Mike
Title: Re: is my feed to thick? i want to draw comb off my plastic cell foundationl
Post by: FRAMEshift on July 05, 2012, 04:23:40 PM
I would add that 25 lbs of sugar to 1.8 gallons of boiling water just removed from the stovetop.   That will give you 3.7 gallons of 5:3 syrup.  The 5:3 mix works for all purposes and is stable in outdoor heat for months.
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