Wanting to make a saline solution with Kosher salt and distilled water

submitted over 10 years ago by [deleted]

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by cjinctover 10 years ago

You want a 0.9% solution.

I made a 50mL bottle - mixed 49.5mL of DW with 0.45g kosher salt

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by gcrannellover 10 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

How do you use this stuff? What % do you usually include in your mixes?

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by cjinctover 10 years ago

I usually use it as 5% of a base. So 45/50/5 or 35/60/5 ratio, mostly in fruit mixes

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by Lemkieover 10 years ago

awesome thanks. I assume I can store this in the fridge for a little while?

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by cjinctover 10 years ago

Sure. I keep mine with all the rest of my DIY stuff in a box in a basement closet. I've got a container for additives - saline, dw, koolada, menthol, malic acid, citric acid, EM, etc... Seems fine.

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by Lemkieover 10 years ago

Cool thanks!

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by Mellemaover 10 years ago

I'd recommend Pickling (sometimes called Canning) salt. It has no iodine and no anti-caking agents added to it. Also, it is fine grained, so it dissolves very easily.

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by Lemkieover 10 years ago

The stuff i bought says it's ideal for pickling so I think I'm on the right track. It's big crystals though. I used a grinder to make it finer.

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by _ninesover 10 years ago

It's fine, but it's in larger crystals, so you're going to have to heat the water to get it dissolved. Pickling salt's the same thing, just much finer, dissolves in cold water.

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by Lemkieover 10 years ago

Cool thanks!

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by torturedzenover 10 years agoMixologist

1.The salt needs to be as pure as possible. Make sure it's iodine-free.
2. Put a 1/2 teaspoon (2.5g) of salt into a sterile cup.
3.Add 8 ounces (1 cup) of hot distilled water and stir well until it's fully dissolved.
4.Transfer to a sterile dropper bottle or container.

Now you have.0.9% Saline Solution. Courtesy of Wiki-How

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by Lemkieover 10 years ago

Thanks. I just whipped some up. The salt I have only lists sea salts as an ingredient. It doesn't say that it's iodized either. Hopefully that's good.

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by BooksofMagicover 10 years agoMixologist

> only lists sea salts as an ingredient

Sea salt isn't pure salt. It has other minerals in it. You need pure.

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by Lemkieover 10 years ago

Any idea where I can buy it then? I've been to every grocery store in town and this was the only stuff I could find that wasn't iodized.

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by mudclubover 10 years ago

Step 1: google diy saline solution

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by tattbobover 10 years ago

http://www.amazon.com/Modudose-Saline-Solution-Inhalation-5251/dp/B002YRUHLE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1427916940&sr=8-5&keywords=saline+solution