Hi, Mike! Thanks for this good tip about cleaning the bottles. That could certainly explain how it could go in one color and come out another!
Nancy (mailto:[email protected]) http://www.connix.com/~berntsen/ *****Some Medicine from the "Good Book"****** * * * A merry heart doeth good like a medicine; * * But a broken spirit drieth the bones. * * Proverbs 17:22 * * * * Call unto me, and I will answer thee, * * And shew thee great and mighty things, * * Which thou knowest not. * * Jeremiah 33:3 * ********************************************* mike cipolat wrote: > > I too have occasionally found that CS will turn black after a few days > and have found another potential cause. Sediment left in the bottle > from earlier batches will cause newer batches to turn black. It is too > hard for most of us to detect because we're storing the CS in dark > bottles. I've found an answer to that. First, store the CS in clear > glass bottles. Wrap aluminum foil around the outside of the bottle. > That will make it light proof. When preparing to make a new batch of > CS, rinse the bottle thoroughly with distilled water (NOT TAP WATER). > Shake and pour out. If the water comes out gray or black, repeat until > the rinse water is clear. If the rinse water does not return clear, > remove the foil and examine the bottle. It may need extensive cleaning. > Just remember to use only distilled water for the cleaning. Then replace > the foil around the bottle if it has been reused. > In the last batch of CS I made I noticed that there were a few > specks of black but that the CS was clear. When I poured out the CS > into another container and rinsed out the original bottle, the rinse > water was black. It had to be cleaned twice. So it seems that the > bottles need to be periodically cleaned. > > Mike --
