{"id":1925,"date":"2026-05-26T11:50:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:57:59","slug":"over-wintered-vat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/over-wintered-vat\/","title":{"rendered":"over wintered vat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4530-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4530-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4530-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4530-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4530-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4530-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4530-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 23 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was not sure how the vat will over winter in the f\u00e4rberhutte. This winter was especially cold, it went multiple days under -10degrees. I could not even come to hutte to check as the roads were frozen and I could not bike. I opened the vat the fist time on the April 23, and this is how it looked. Rainbow colour shines out! what a surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4531-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1929\"  src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4531-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4531-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4531-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4531-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4531-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4531-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4532-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1928\"  src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4532-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4532-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4532-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4532-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4532-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4532-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PH is low, 8.63 and the vat temp is about 16 degrees. still very cold. The colored things are probably mold, and I see some white mold developping on the side. I scouped out the mold culture o nthe surface, wiped off the white mold on the wall. To prevent mroe mold to develop on the wall, I mixed calk with small amount of water and painted the wall + the back side of the lid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4533-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1930\"  src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4533-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4533-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4533-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4533-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4533-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4533-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4535-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1931\"  src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4535-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4535-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4535-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4535-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4535-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4535-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4538-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1932\"  src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4538-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4538-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4538-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4538-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4538-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4538-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mixed the vat, and surprisingly it makes the hana blue bubble. The ph after mixing is 10.7. not bad. and the color test even shows a lot of blue. surprising!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4539-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4539-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4539-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4539-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4539-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4539-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4539-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe we will have a nice blue season this 2026 summer? it feels like a good start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 23 2026 I was not sure how the vat will over winter in the f\u00e4rberhutte. This winter was especially cold, it went multiple days under -10degrees. I could not even come to hutte to check as the roads were frozen and I could not bike. I opened the vat the fist time on the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/over-wintered-vat\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">over wintered vat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_en_post_content":"<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1926,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4530-scaled.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4530-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1926\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>April 23 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I was not sure how the vat will over winter in the f\u00e4rberhutte. This winter was especially cold, it went multiple days under -10degrees. I could not even come to hutte to check as the roads were frozen and I could not bike. I opened the vat the fist time on the April 23, and this is how it looked. Rainbow colour shines out! what a surprise.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":1929,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4531-scaled.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4531-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1929\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1928,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4532-1-scaled.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4532-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1928\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>PH is low, 8.63 and the vat temp is about 16 degrees. still very cold. The colored things are probably mold, and I see some white mold developping on the side. I scouped out the mold culture o nthe surface, wiped off the white mold on the wall. To prevent mroe mold to develop on the wall, I mixed calk with small amount of water and painted the wall + the back side of the lid. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":1930,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4533-scaled.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4533-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1930\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1931,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4535-scaled.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4535-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1931\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1932,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4538-scaled.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4538-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1932\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Mixed the vat, and surprisingly it makes the hana blue bubble. The ph after mixing is 10.7. not bad. and the color test even shows a lot of blue. surprising!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:image {\"id\":1933,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4539-scaled.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4539-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1933\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Maybe we will have a nice blue season this 2026 summer? it feels like a good start.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","_en_post_name":"over-wintered-vat","_en_post_excerpt":"","_en_post_title":"over wintered vat","_de_post_content":"","_de_post_name":"","_de_post_excerpt":"","_de_post_title":"","edit_language":"en","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935,"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions\/1935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerding.at\/circular_blue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}