Both should be on e-bay but I have not bought any recently. Any Chem
supply will have it also but e-bay will be quick if it is still out there.
H.
Alan Jones wrote:
Thanks Harvey. I'm not concerned about finding a scale, I'm looking
for a place to buy the Iodine and Potassium Iodide.
Alan
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Harvey Metzler <hpm...@hal-pc.org
<mailto:hpm...@hal-pc.org>> wrote:
Alan:
Many times you do not need anything accurate to brew a very
accurate recipe. You look for ratios in either liquid or powder
and if you see a ration of 1/3 or 4/1 or whatever, you can use any
vessel that will yield you the proper amount. Let us say you are
brewing a recipe that calls for 1 ounce vodka and 5 ounces of gin.
You do not need a one ounce accurate measure. You pick any
measure that will give you a total volume close to what you are
looking for and use it. Let us say we find an old shot glass that
we have no idea of how much it holds but, truth be know, it holds
1.037 ounces. We merely pour it level full of vodka and dump in
glass and follow with 5 level fulls of gin and pour in glass. We
will have a slightly larger amount to consume than we wanted but
the formulation will be very accurate.
We may have a larger hang over but we will have drund a very
accurate recipe and do not need a graduated cylinder that
accurately measures anything. Any time you can work with even
ratios, this works like a champ and costs you nothing. Same is
true of dry volumes like sugar and salt
If you go into an accurate weight recipe, different deal
altogether. Then you can stroll down to your local post office
in the middle of the night when there is not a line and use the
postal scale in the lobby to dump your mixes on a piece of paper
towel or whatever that you add to until the scale gets you what
you want. You just have to work with a large enough total weight
that you are not pushing the resolution of the scales. Parts of
ounces are very easy to check out but 1/100 of an ounce is a no go
as the scales will not accurately resolve this for you.
Harvey
Alan Jones wrote:
This is a very interesting discussion, thanks for sharing.
I live in a major city, I'm guessing I could probably find the
crystals locally? Any suggestions on looking for this; would
I search for "chemistry supply" or something like that?
--
Alan Jones
