DEAR BILL, Excellent results with 90% isopropyl. Any chance 98% pure ethanol (ethyl alcohol) would work dissolving and storing phenidone? It is easier for me to get 98% ethanol than it is 90% isopropyl! Comes from living on a rum producing island! CHEERS! BOB _____ From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudio Bonavolta Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 4:03 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Phenidone in propylene glycol vs glycerin Thanks bill, That makes more than 3 years of shelf life in alcohol, that's pretty good ! Claudio Bonavolta http://www.bonavolta.ch ----- Message d'origine ----- De: BILL WILLIAMS <krbill_10@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:03:26 -0800 (PST) Sujet: [pure-silver] Re: Phenidone in propylene glycol vs glycerin À: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx While I have no experience using phenidone in either propylene glycol or glycerin, I do have experience with phenidone mixed in 90% Ispropyl Alcohol. I mixed phenidone in the alcohol the first time back sometime around early 2004. I made a 25% solution to begin with, in a 250ml medicine bottle. From this 25% solution, I make a 10% solution in a 100ml medicine bottle. I mix formulas from the 10% bottle, and when it is used up, I make another 100ml 10% solution from the 25% solution bottle. It has only slightly changed color and continues to works fine. I use it in paper formulas but it does still work just as well in film formulas. I mixed a second 25% batch sometime around mid 2007. The new batch I use in film formulas and it looks fine and works fine. I now have some propylene glycol, and I plan on using it the next time I purchase phenidone. I don't have any expectations that it will serve me any better than has the alcohol. I would have already used up bo! th batches but I primarily use developers that don't use phenidone and only occasionally mix up one with phenidone. Mixing in the alcohol doesn't require heating the mixture. --- On Thu, 2/18/10, Claudio Bonavolta wrote: > From: Claudio Bonavolta > Subject: [pure-silver] Phenidone in propylene glycol vs glycerin > To: "Pure-Silver" > Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 9:32 AM > > Me again ... > Because the quantities of phenidone required in > developers are very low and difficult to measure, many > dissolve it in either alcohol, propylene glycol or glycerin > at a low concentration. > After googling, it looks like propylene glycol and > glycerin allow a better shelf life of the solution, maybe > with a slight advantage to glycerin but at the cost of being > less agreable to use due to its high viscosity. > Do some o! f you already tried both products ? > What is your preferrence and why ? > > Thanks in advance, > Claudio Bonavolta > http://www.bonavolta.ch > ============================================================================ ================================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. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4878 (20100218) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com