Hydrometer not working ?

[Tarkus]

After pressing a carboy of Juice getting ready to throw the yeast and find that my SG is so high the hydrometer wont even sink to the gage scale ?
Any solutions, remedy or standard process for dealing with this ? I contemplated adding distilled water to bring it down to a measurable range but I'm new to cider
making and don't care to bugger up a full carboy of hard earned juice.
Any ideas, suggestions appreciated.
Thanks

 

[Tarkus]

Oh I just love sticking my foot in it, strait out the gate, seems when I couldn't find my stash of wine making supplies and did a fast cruise through the homebrew section of the general store, I grabbed the wrong type of hydrometer (proofing for hard alcohol ?) So digging through many boxes I found my SG hydrometer (along with a whole bunch of other goodies) Turns out my initial SG is 1150 so good to go.
I really am stupid only some of the time.

 

[IslandLizard]

Just dilute your sample, not the whole batch!

For example, take 3 fluid oz of your juice, and add the same amount of water.
Mix well.
Your actual gravity will be twice that of your hydrometer reading.