[Jewelry making - Article 00223] - Re: [Orchid] Storing boric acid and alcohol mix

[M'lou Brubaker]

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    I store my boric acid mix in a straight-sided glass jar with a wide
    mouth. It is a recycled food jar with a metal lid that has a ring of
    plastic on the lid where it contacts the glass jar lip. It seals as
    well as anything else I've found. My method of not losing too much
    alcohol is to not put much in there! I just have a little bit of
    boric acid with a small splash of alcohol in the jar. I even have to
    tip the jar sometimes to get enough liquid to work with. This way I
    don't lose too much from evaproation on any one day. 

    You can re-use the crystals that appear around the rim of the jar.
    Just wipe them off with an alcohol-soaked brush to get them back into
    solution. 

M'lou Brubaker, Jeweler
Goodland, MN
www.craftswomen.com

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