[Jewelry making - Article 00346] - Re: [Orchid] Mold growing in pickle pot

[R . E . Rourke]

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>     You suggest using distilled water to mix up the citric acid
>     pickle. I'm thinking that the water collected from a dehumidifier
>     would work quite well. 

    WRONG! the dehumidifier sucks humidity and microparticles of all
    kinds of things out of the air, unless you are distilling it after
    collecting. the water in your collection unit -probably not sterile
    to begin with- is perhaps as impure as tap water, if not more so due
    to the mold spores, pollen granules, charged particulate matter of a
    + or - nature, and other seasonally related components of what you
    breathe in, or simply exists in a closed household or workshop, etc.
    that makes it through whatever the filter your dehumidifier has..
    Invest the 89 cents in a gallon of distilled water if you're after
    consistent results, or boil your water at least 9 minutes ( once it
    comes to a boil) and filter it -through an activated carbon type
    filter at the very least ( there are quite sophisticated water
    filters available or that you can construct yourself that utilise
    charcoal, ceramic/tourmailine compounds, silver and other components
    that purify water as close as you'll get to demineralized/distilled
    without adding chemicals or organic additives to assist in killing or
    neutralizing foreign matter and micro-junk in your water but don't
    effectively remove all the minerals as well. 

R.E.Rourke
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