I think it was made out of polyvinyl chloride. That will tend to leach vinyl chloride, which is pretty nasty stuff. One can get rid of that by putting it in an oven that is set to 150 F or so, for 24 hours. But I am not sure if you do that if it will become brittle.
Marshall Jim Holmes wrote: > Hi Marshall, > > A great idea. The plastic unbrella wiii need to be very inert, or there > would be some absorption of the chemicals in it. > > JOH > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:mdud...@king-cart.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:35 AM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>Watercone solar distiller > > You know, my daughter use to have this clear plastic umbrella. It seems > it would be ideal to make such a thing easily, and it would be > collapsible. All that would be needed would be a circular catch basin > that the tips of the umbrella rest in, and a big pan of water in the > center. > > Marshall > > j rigby wrote: > > > At 03:53 AM 14/09/04, you wrote: > > >To confirm, the cost of a sample is $120.00 p/unit (not based on > > >volume) which excludes transportation costs. Due to the > > > > $120 !!!! $20 would give a good return commercially. > > There is a group out there making these things/about to, principally > > as a "good work" to distribute in 3rd World countries. Will try and > > find it later......... but this price!.................. > > > > Cheers, > > Himagain > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List > > archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT > > Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
