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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / September 2004pickling lime where to find it
I remember a few weeks ago somebody was looking for pickling lime to make kalkwaßer. Well I went to several stores tonight where I had bought it in the past and there was none to be found. One of the managers said he hadn't been able to get any for several months. I went to Ball's website and they sold off their canning division to homecanning in 1993. Ball pickling lime is not listed it appears to have been replaced by Ball Natural Pickling Crisp which is CaCl2 according to the package. I went to Lowes and got 50lbs of limestone which is basically ground up CaCO3, CaO, MgCO3, & MgO. I think Ball pickling Lime was pure CaO. Homecannings website http://www.homecanning.com/usa/ALProducts.asp What are others using to make Kalkwaßer? > What are others using to make Kalkwaßer? http://store.yahoo.com/mrswages/mrswagpiclim.html Kev Hi Kevin Our local WalMart was carrying Pickling Lime before I moved, Mrs. Winners brand I think, which is pure CaO. TTUL Gary Thanks I just talked to the local Hardware store ( you know where the people working there actually know what they have for sale ) Apparently the shortage is due to the very wet summer we had causing a ton of cucumbers to grow and everybody trying to pickle them. Everybody I talk to has said its been back ordered for a couple of months. I'll try online Kevin > Hi Kevin > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > TTUL > Gary > Thanks I just talked to the local Hardware store ( you know where the people > working there actually know what they have for sale ) Apparently the > shortage is due to the very wet summer we had causing a ton of cucumbers to > grow and everybody trying to pickle them. Everybody I talk to has said its > been back ordered for a couple of months. I'll try online Lol, for what it is worth, I have had 3 people offer me free "buckets" of pickles this year. hth ~Mort Kevin or Donna, I get all mine online at Mrs. Wages. Here's a link to the product I've been using successfully for abot 6 months now. http://store.yahoo.com/mrswages/mrswagpiclim.html Doug >I remember a few weeks ago somebody was looking for pickling lime to make > kalkwaßer. Well I went to several stores tonight where I had bought it in [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > What are others using to make Kalkwaßer? What is the shelf life of Mrs. Wages? Martin > Kevin or Donna, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Doug ok dumb Q from me, whats CaO? how do we use this to controle the calcium and alk ? i have been using plasters lime witch i think is CaCO3 >I remember a few weeks ago somebody was looking for pickling lime to make > kalkwaßer. Well I went to several stores tonight where I had bought it in [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > What are others using to make Kalkwaßer? I use standard pickling lime from the grocery store... Works fine. Coralline algae spreads like wildfire! X > ok dumb Q from me, > whats CaO? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > What are others using to make Kalkwaßer? No, plasters lime IS pickling lime (calcium hydroxide). There should'nt be any problems using it. -- **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** > ok dumb Q from me, > whats CaO? [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > > > What are others using to make Kalkwaßer? |
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