If part A is caked then moisture has gotten into the package and from the visual description has started to oxidize. I'd chuck both. -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Breukel, C. (HKG) Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:24 AM To: Pure Silver (F) (E-mail) Subject: [pure-silver] Defctive (?) 5 ltr. Xtol Hi, recently I was given 2 5 ltr packages Xtol. No idea how it was stored, I guess pretty normal, but both packeges "A" felt "caked" a bit solid, unlike my own 5 ltr package, the "A" package feels still like loose chemistry (a bit weird description, but I hope you understand..;-)..) Anyway when I opened A it was indeed caked, yellow, with apperantly moisture red paparts. It did get into the 4 litres room temp. destilled water easily, but it was quite yellow, and adding B after allA was dissolved did not change that, it's still pale yellow. The stock I am used to is (almosst) colourless. So I am very reluctant to try it for anything serious. I'll see tomorrow how it looks. Oh well as we say in dutch "you shouldn't look a given horse in the mouth"..;-).. Best, Cor ====================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.