Bows to the science guy. Thanks Marshall. I knew something had happened but wasn't sure exactly what. But since I knew why (first batch after "cleaning") I wasn't too fussed about it. Like I said, I tossed it and moved on to the next batch which was totally normal.
Jaxi On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Marshall Dudley <mdud...@king-cart.com>wrote: > Your ppm was high. Initially the high concentration caused aggregation > and the particles to grow larger, yielding the golden color. When adding > H2O2 the particles sizes decreased and you ended up with too much silver > oxide to dissolve, thus giving the dark color. > > Marshall > > > On 10/21/2010 12:22 PM, jaxi wrote: > >> Neville - it was a rather dark yellow versus the very faint light yellow I >> sometimes get, which didn't really bother me much, but when I later added >> the H2O2 it turned a dark murky brownish black sort of color and despite >> being left for several more days did not clear. It was kind of cool looking >> and it may well have been fine to use for something, but I have to admit I >> was in no way comfortable consuming it, or spraying it on my body or my >> animals. Especially when I had other batches which were clear. I am >> guessing there was still some H2O2 residue in the jar during brewing and >> that impacted the final product. >> Jaxi >> >>
