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#Use an eyedropper to suck some juice up. To easily extract a few drops of liquid from the plastic container, use a small eyedropper or pipette. Suck two to three drops (.1 to .15 ml) up into the pipette. It’s okay if you get more liquid, but you only need a little bit.[[Image:Brix Test Step 8.jpg|center]]
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#Use an eyedropper to suck some juice up. To easily extract a few drops of liquid from the plastic container, use a small eyedropper or pipette. Suck two to three drops (.1 to .15 ml) up into the pipette. It’s okay if you get more liquid, but you only need a little bit.[[Image:Brix Test Step 8.jpg|center]]
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#*If you don’t have a dropper, stick a small stirrer straw into the liquid and place your thumb on the end to trap the liquid.
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#*If you don’t have a dropper, stick a small stirrer straw into the liquid and place your thumb on the end to trap the liquid.
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#Place some drops of the liquid on the prism. With the daylight plate open, squeeze two to three drops (.1 to .15 ml) of the liquid onto the angled glass piece of the prism. Close the daylight plate so that the liquid spreads evenly across the surface of the prism.
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#Place some drops of the liquid on the prism. With the daylight plate open, squeeze two to three drops (.1 to .15 ml) of the liquid onto the angled glass piece of the prism. Close the daylight plate so that the liquid spreads evenly across the surface of the prism.[[Image:Brix Test Step 9.jpg|center]]
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#*If the liquid doesn’t cover the prism, you may need to add more drops so there is enough to get an accurate measurement.
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#*If the liquid doesn’t cover the prism, you may need to add more drops so there is enough to get an accurate measurement.
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#Look through the viewer and focus it. Hold the refractometer horizontally in a bright light source. When you first look into it, the numbers may be blurry. Turn the eyepiece until the numbers come into focus.<ref>https://www.grainger.com/content/supplylink-how-to-use-refractometer</ref>[[Image:Brix Test Step 10.jpg|center]]
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#Look through the viewer and focus it. Hold the refractometer horizontally in a bright light source. When you first look into it, the numbers may be blurry. Turn the eyepiece until the numbers come into focus.<ref>https://www.grainger.com/content/supplylink-how-to-use-refractometer</ref>[[Image:Brix Test Step 10.jpg|center]]
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