Nenah, Go to a local drugstore (independent pharmacists are usually more cooperative) and talk with the pharmacist; ask his advice as to whether he'd recommend ordering for you a pint of Galliput Potassium Hydroxide 50%(KOH) or 454 Gm of KOH Pellets (N.F.) which is medicinal grade (which is better than food grade). I would recommend the pint of Sol and ask him to demonstrate to you how to measure and drop into your solution. If the pharmacist is worth his or her "salt" and if they want your business, they'll be glad to provide the info, order it and demonstrate how to use properly. If not, then you went to the wrong store and need to find one that will. Be AWARE: KOH is caustic and will burn the skin or eyes so should be used VERY carefully with rubber gloves and Protective Eye Shield (which you can easily make with a sheet of heavy plastic like 2 HP Inkjet cartridges come in). Best of luck, Richard Harris, 56 yr FL Pharmacist
-----Original Message----- From: Nenah Sylver [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 5:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CS>question about Potassium Hydroxide Importance: High Hi Folks. I called a couple of chemical companies today about Potassium Hydroxide for the CS. Here's what I found out: 1) P.H. is not made as a food grade item. 2) There is one way of making it that is the equivalent of food grade, but they cannot say "for internal consumption" on the label. To those of you who put P.H. in your distilled water before adding the silver electrodes to make your CS, I am wondering: (1) Which grade of P.H. do you use, and (2) how much of a 10% P.H. solution (drops) would you use for about 1 gallon of CS? The company that makes the purer stuff wants to put me through a 2-day screening process, and I don't want to wait. The company selling the cheaper stuff will send it out to me right away. If purity doesn't matter, then I will buy the cheaper stuff. So I'd appreciate feedback ASAP. Many thanks. Nenah -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
