Hi Mary! Greetings to the list!
On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, MK Johnson wrote: > Scott Berner wrote: > > MK, I am using a ph test strip that is supposedly accurate from 5.5 to 8.0 > > and it is not changing color. This would put it 5.5 or LOWER in ph. More > > acid. I am suprised to find it this low. How is this comparing to the ph > > of others on this list? Is everyone getting yellow-gold using acid water? > > * The pH of all of the various types of water I have used to make CS has > always been acid--5.5 to 6.0, around there. I have not been able to get > golden CS. I have heard that you could only get golden CS with alkaline > water. I use nitrazine paper to test the pH, which only shows a color > range in .5 degree increments. > Mary > This is the same water I always use. No reason to think the ph has changed. If I ran a batch right now, it would come out yellow-gold. So it must not be alkaline ph that is doing it. Have you tried putting a small amount of hydrogen peroxide in the solution? I don't know how it will work with your protocol. Ozonated water will produce the color yellow-gold, but the protocol has to be taken into consideration. Here is a suggestion...If you will concentrate your solution as much as reasonably possible/convenient (say...run your cycle for a couple of hours, and use less water), then add a couple of drops of 3% hydrogen peroxide at a time, until the solution darkens significantly. Then dilute it gradually and see if you get a color change. Another way might be to add the HP prior to your production cycle. Sounds like a trial and error scenario to me, with patience, it may be fruitful. If you want to give my protocol a run, I will gladly send you the format. The offer is good for everyone. God Bless, Scott ############################################################################### John 1:1- "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
