Interesting.  I am sure there are some variables we are not accounting
for.  IE. on the funnels that I have seen stained, the water tends to
bead up, so we end up with beads forming where I assume any previous
beads have dried.  After many uses the build up gives a stain perhaps.
Maybe it is important whether the surface is wetted or not, if it wets
then it is spread out, but if it does not, it get concentrated into one
small spot as it drys.  Another possibility is that it may be very
dependent on size of the particles, smaller particles remain invisible,
or maybe larger particles easily wash off.  I really don't know.  I just
checked and found that we use three funnels.  I am not sure of the
material each is made of, but one is blue and the other two are white.
Interestingly the white funnels have lots of black stains from the
silver, but the blue one has absolutely none.  Other than the color the
materials seem to be the same, but I guess they probably are not.

Possible differences I can think of are, material, charge on the
material, added coloration, texture (although both appear slick),
wetability.

Maybe only one time doesn't cause visible stains.  Our experience is
with funnels at are used several times a week.  If the one time stain
was with wateroz, then maybe CS will not stain with only one
application.  It is my understanding that wateroz contains other
minerals, so that would be a whole other ballgame.

Marshall

[email protected] wrote:

>  Hi Ya'll,
>
> As my previous post stated "I believe everything I read after I have
> checked for myself."
>
> I poured some CS on a counter top  and it didn't stain, so Marshall
> wrote do it a again and let it dry.
>
> So I did it took two days for it to dry and as I suspected the is no
> stain.
>
> Now, The lady that had the problem posted me to say that the CS was
> Water-oz.  I wonder what that stuff is????
>
> My skepticism has reached an all time height with all of these
> mysterious form of water raising their heads.
>
> It reminds of the world'd greatest showman, P.T. Barmun and his famous
> saying. "There is one born every minute and two to take him."
>
> I think a healthy dose is skeptism is need in this list.
>
> Robert, Retired
> Registered Professional Engineer