[pure-silver] Re: De-ionised versus distilled water for XTOL
- From: harry kalish <hksvk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:21:20 -0500
Remember that glass marbles can be used effectively to reduce or practically
eliminate headspace in glass bottles. Our local dollar store sells a decent
quantity for a buck.
Harry.
On 1/5/12 11:54 PM, "Peter Badcock" <peter.badcock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thank you Cor,Claudio,Horst,Harry,Howard,Laurence,Dana and Jim for replying.
>
> After a bit of reading, the resins used in the deionising process are
> classified as either Cation or Anion resins for removing the positively or
> negatively charged ions. So as long as the metals are dissolved ions they
> should be removed.
> Any decent demineralising company would hopefully also filter out any solid
> metal/particulates by mechanical filters with maxium pore sizes.
>
> Harry, the KDF-55 filter material contains copper and zinc and removes iron
> but not copper (in fact it may even increase the amount of copper in the water
> !). I have some KDF-55 filter material to remove chlorine in our shower. The
> story behind KDF's recent serendipitous discovery is interesting.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kdf-55#History
>
> While XTOL is certainly cheap, I am not betting that Kodak will be making it
> for much longer which is why I am trying things to extend the shelf life of
> the stock sol'n (I'm confident the packaged stuff will last at least 10
> years). Perhaps Cor, I'll also invest in some smaller brown glass bottles
> too.
>
> rgds
> Peter
>
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