So you think it would be ok to use the 3% sol - just put more in? I must say I would prefer to do this because handling the 35% makes me rather nervous <lol> I still have to use up nearly a whole bottle of the 35% one though, which is going to take some time I fear! dee
On 13 Apr 2010, at 20:39, sol wrote: > Dorothy Fitzpatrick wrote: >> I did put in three drops of the 3% Dave and when it went grey, I put in some >> more but it went nearly black! I assumed it was because there is something >> else in the 3%. dee >> >> > Despite claims of the purity of 35% peroxide, there ARE also other substances > in it, from manufacturing contamination. H202 is so highly corrosive it > leaches some of everything it touches into itself. I saw some analyses of > what exactly the contaminants are in the 35% H202, and so the claims of how > awful the stabilizers in 3% H202 are has never impressed me. Some brands of 3 > % may have more or different stabilizers from other brands though. And unless > you test the 35% against the 3% in the equivalent strengths in the SAME batch > of CS it can't be said with certainty that the reason for the difference is > that one is "contaminated" and one is not. Even with stabilizers, peroxide > does weaken with age so it could also be the freshness or not of the 3%. H202 > is unstable even with "stabilizers" added, LOL.Which is why I liked it as a > cleaner for pet urine stains on carpet----------blot up the urine so far as > possible, literally pour on some peroxide (3%) walk away. Cover with towel if > pets will walk on the peroxide wet spot. > The peroxide oxidizes the organic molecules in the urine, and as it does so > it degrades into water itself, leaving behind no odor of its own, and the > vanishingly small traces of stabilizers. Yeah, I'm a lazy cleaner, LOL. > sol > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
