[Jewelry making - Article 00356] - Re: [Orchid] LP Tank and Fire Inspection

[Kay Davis]

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>     why not use soapy water? 

    Soapy water works just fine, The problem is if you go into the soap
    section of most stores they are not selling soap in the chemical
    sense of the word. A soap / water solution would be non reactive with
    oxygen. 

    Most 'Soap' in stores today is either a soap with moisturizer or a
    detergent with or without additives. As usual the problem is the
    additives. Just another "green amethyst" example of a perfectly good
    name that meant one thing being mangled by the marketing folks and
    evil geniuses in the Laboratory. 

    So my advise is basically the same as Jim's. Use a oxygen safe leak
    detector, or you may find the moisturizing oil in the "soap" reacts
    with the oxygen.... 

    Kay 

    Note this may seem strange to non north American readers since the
    nomenclature and packaging can differ quite a bit elsewhere.
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