Does anyone know how the amber and coblalt blue glass bottles are made? It occured to me that the blue colour is some times associated with lead in the glass. And there was some concern while back that the lead in the wine crystal glasses could leach into the wine... Just a thought probably worth exploring.
Chris Gupta At 11:38 AM 12/12/97 -0500, you wrote: >Thank you, Chris, for this valuable information. This had been a recent >change from my routine of keeping the silver in colbalt blue glass bottoes >that only hold 4 oz, as opposed to the 16 oz plastic brown peroxide bottle. >Someone also suggested the presence of peroxide could cause the color change. >But potency would be a concern if the plastic reduce that. >Sincerely, >Nancy Berntsen >mailto:[email protected] >http://www.connix.com/~berntsen Prov. 3:5,6 > > Trust in the Lord with all your heart > And lean not on your own understanding, > In all your ways acknowlege him > And he will direct your paths. > >[email protected] wrote: > >> > QUESTION: >> > After a couple days in an amber bottle (old peroxide bottle >> > previously used for CS) the solution turned a rosy-amber color. I >> > wonder why. >> >> One should never use plastic bottles to store CS. My experiance has been >> that the plastic in the areas of bends like at the bottom of the bottle >> gets very thin and lets in considerable light. You can check this yourself >> - just look inside a plastic bottle an you will see plenty of light coming >> in from the molded plastic bottoms, this is particularly bad in the cheap >> peroxide bottles. Second there is some concern about electrostatically >> charged plastics that can attract the silver particles and render the CS >> less effective. So why take a chance - the best solution is to use deep >> amber bottles with non matalic tops - best would be the amber lab bottles >> with amber glass stoppers. >> >> Chris Gupta > > > > >
