Greetings Pam, > I got some wide-mouth, quart-size Mason jars for > making and storing the CS. Is it okay to use the > supplied jar lids with CS?
I have and they're fine. They eventually tend to rust, though, in my experience, so be prepared to buy new lids from the canning section at your hardware store every once in a great while. <shrug> Nowadays I've followed Ol' Bob's advice and am keeping my surplus in clear plastic pop bottles that have been thoroughly cleaned out, or in bottles water bottles that are already pretty clean to start with. > I got the impression that amber or brown glass was the preferred > type of bottle for CS storage. With cruder varieties of CS, particularly that made with saline or salt starter, you're looking at some sensitivity to light that can cause precipitation, perhaps. With the light yellow to clear stuff made with distilled water only, that's less of an issue apparently. Again, Ol' Bob has torture tested some of his highly ionic, smaller particle stuff made by various methods and hasn't seen any fallout or drop in concentration from light exposure. Maybe you don't want to put it on the windowsill in august, but normal care and handling ought not present a problem. > I realize that these questions may sound foolish or > weird, but I am a nervous newbie. Thanks in advance > for all your helpful information. Perfectly excellent questions, Pam. We all need to know "enough" to feel we're ready to get started. Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
