In my last post Harry C. gave me a hard time about being a beginer.
Its true i am a beginer and full of a thousend questions. Its alot
diffrent than at the PGI convention where people would bend over
backwards to help a newbie. Im not going to be discouraged and bear
with me if i have a lot of questions but safety is always my top
priority.
so dont be scared Harry C
heres an example of a beginer problem that i had, first off i know
that there are alot of things not to put in a mill but no one ever
told me not to put any dextrin in a mill
so to mix in the dextrin better for prime mix i thought that i would
mill it in dry
aparently theres was enough mosture in my pot.nitrate to harden it and
im woundering if i discoverd a new way to granulate BP
i ended up with some huge chunks surounding my media
broke them off and im thinking about smashing it up in a five gallon
bucket with a four by four
and screen it like normal redgum alcohol bp
any comments?
i hate to waste the material.
Maxx 467
Proud to be a new PGI member
next week more dumb questions.

What formula did you put in the mill, 75/15/10/5 ?
yep 75/15/10/5

Its alot
diffrent than at the PGI convention where people would bend over
backwards to help a newbie.

i ended up with some huge chunks surounding my media
broke them off and im thinking about smashing it up in a five gallon
bucket with a four by four
and screen it like normal redgum alcohol bp

What formula did you put in the mill, 75/15/10/5 ?

yep 75/15/10/5
all the chemicals are fine
except the pot nit was milled down Fertilizer

As for your mill question, I'm guessing that the fertilizer grade KNO3
you used may have had some impurities, or been stored in a humid area,
so it may have absorbed a bit of water. You can cure this little
ailment by drying the KNO3 (by itself on a stainless pan) in an oven
at approx 230F for a few hours. Make sure there are no combustibles
anywhere near the oven or in it (ie. burnt cake mix at the bottom of
the oven) and do this outside. Best to just get a cheap wal-mart
toaster oven, break it in, and force dry the KNO3 outside in a safe
area. Once dried keep in in an airtight sealed container (since
impurites in your kno3 may be causing it to become a bit hygroscopic;
again, just a guess). Also as stated earlier, ball mills tend to get a
bit of heat to them when running for extended periods, and any
moisture content tends to cause problems.

~Bob D.

As for your mill question, I'm guessing that the fertilizer grade KNO3
you used may have had some impurities, or been stored in a humid area,
so it may have absorbed a bit of water. You can cure this little
ailment by drying the KNO3 (by itself on a stainless pan) in an oven
at approx 230F for a few hours. Make sure there are no combustibles
anywhere near the oven or in it (ie. burnt cake mix at the bottom of
the oven) and do this outside. Best to just get a cheap wal-mart
toaster oven, break it in, and force dry the KNO3 outside in a safe
area. Once dried keep in in an airtight sealed container (since
impurites in your kno3 may be causing it to become a bit hygroscopic;
again, just a guess). Also as stated earlier, ball mills tend to get a
bit of heat to them when running for extended periods, and any
moisture content tends to cause problems.

~Bob D.

But if the KNO3 is particularly hygroscopic due to impurities, drying
it won't help in the making of BP, because it will attract moisture
later.  It must be purified.

Haifa it should be quite pure.

On Nov 2, 10:00 pm, Bob <robg... at (no spam) bestweb.net> wrote:



As for your mill question, I'm guessing that the fertilizer grade KNO3
you used may have had some impurities, or been stored in a humid area,
so it may have absorbed a bit of water. You can cure this little
ailment by drying the KNO3 (by itself on a stainless pan) in an oven
at approx 230F for a few hours. Make sure there are no combustibles
anywhere near the oven or in it (ie. burnt cake mix at the bottom of
the oven) and do this outside. Best to just get a cheap wal-mart
toaster oven, break it in, and force dry the KNO3 outside in a safe
area. Once dried keep in in an airtight sealed container

im woundering if it will reactivate agian and be useble as a prime mix
Maxx 467
Proud to be a new PGI member

Although not very scientific, take some of your fertilizer and make a
saturated solution, if it is clear or has a slight yellowish tint it
should not be contaminated. If you get a brown liquor with a bunch of
insoluble material, then I would look for another source. Although
this would not disqualify Na contamination, if you have are using
Haifa it should be quite pure.

im woundering if it will reactivate agian and be useble as a prime mix
Maxx 467
Proud to be a new PGI member

There should be no problem reactivating the dextrin.

In my last post Harry C. gave me a hard time about being a beginer.
Its true i am a beginer and full of a thousend questions. Its alot
diffrent than at the PGI convention where people would bend over
backwards to help a newbie. Im not going to be discouraged and bear
with me if i have a lot of questions but safety is always my top
priority.
so dont be scared Harry C
heres an example of a beginer problem that i had, first off i know
that there are alot of things not to put in a mill but no one ever
told me not to put any dextrin in a mill
so to mix in the dextrin better for prime mix i thought that i would
mill it in dry
aparently theres was enough mosture in my pot.nitrate to harden it and
im woundering if i discoverd a new way to granulate BP
i ended up with some huge chunks surounding my media
broke them off and im thinking about smashing it up in a five gallon
bucket with a four by four
and screen it like normal redgum alcohol bp
any comments?
i hate to waste the material.
Maxx 467
Proud to be a new PGI member
next week more dumb questions.