Thanks Harvey. I'm not concerned about finding a scale, I'm looking for a place to buy the Iodine and Potassium Iodide.
Alan On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Harvey Metzler <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan: > > Many times you do not need anything accurate to brew a very accurate > recipe. You look for ratios in either liquid or powder and if you see a > ration of 1/3 or 4/1 or whatever, you can use any vessel that will yield you > the proper amount. Let us say you are brewing a recipe that calls for 1 > ounce vodka and 5 ounces of gin. You do not need a one ounce accurate > measure. You pick any measure that will give you a total volume close to > what you are looking for and use it. Let us say we find an old shot glass > that we have no idea of how much it holds but, truth be know, it holds 1.037 > ounces. We merely pour it level full of vodka and dump in glass and follow > with 5 level fulls of gin and pour in glass. We will have a slightly larger > amount to consume than we wanted but the formulation will be very accurate. > > We may have a larger hang over but we will have drund a very accurate > recipe and do not need a graduated cylinder that accurately measures > anything. Any time you can work with even ratios, this works like a champ > and costs you nothing. Same is true of dry volumes like sugar and salt > > If you go into an accurate weight recipe, different deal altogether. Then > you can stroll down to your local post office in the middle of the night > when there is not a line and use the postal scale in the lobby to dump your > mixes on a piece of paper towel or whatever that you add to until the scale > gets you what you want. You just have to work with a large enough total > weight that you are not pushing the resolution of the scales. Parts of > ounces are very easy to check out but 1/100 of an ounce is a no go as the > scales will not accurately resolve this for you. > > Harvey > > > Alan Jones wrote: > >> This is a very interesting discussion, thanks for sharing. >> >> I live in a major city, I'm guessing I could probably find the crystals >> locally? Any suggestions on looking for this; would I search for "chemistry >> supply" or something like that? >> >> -- Alan Jones
