heliman4141
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This tip is for new members & members that don't normally mix their own Gold test solution regularly.
When you purchase the small stannous test squeeze bottle what you want to do is do your Gold test, then very very gently squeeze every last bit of air from the bottle, then place the cap back on while holding it squeezed. This way no contamination from the air gets to your solution.
Normally one is lucky IF under normal use a bottle remains in good quality more then say 2 weeks or so. My solution has just been tested against a known Gold bearing solution & is still working good as new & its 7 weeks old now, yes, the squeeze bottle is almost collapsed but I didn't have to mess with mixing any which is nice & the tin in the bottle still looks like new no breakdown at all.
Ill probably mix my own batch in another 2 weeks & just use the tin that is already in the bottle, another nice thing about it.
Anyway, this will give anyone a LOT more milage timewise on the stannous.
Dave
When you purchase the small stannous test squeeze bottle what you want to do is do your Gold test, then very very gently squeeze every last bit of air from the bottle, then place the cap back on while holding it squeezed. This way no contamination from the air gets to your solution.
Normally one is lucky IF under normal use a bottle remains in good quality more then say 2 weeks or so. My solution has just been tested against a known Gold bearing solution & is still working good as new & its 7 weeks old now, yes, the squeeze bottle is almost collapsed but I didn't have to mess with mixing any which is nice & the tin in the bottle still looks like new no breakdown at all.
Ill probably mix my own batch in another 2 weeks & just use the tin that is already in the bottle, another nice thing about it.
Anyway, this will give anyone a LOT more milage timewise on the stannous.
Dave