[meteorite-list] Water cutting question

[Richard Montgomery]

Adam and List...(curious me, and although I'm not cutting yet, will soon.)

The question: given any local water's TDS and variable ambient pH in all of 
our waters vs. using distilled water...why not use a commercial standard 
buffer 7.0?

-Richard M


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>; "Adam" 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Water cutting question


> Great Info Adam!
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Water cutting question
>
>
> I remeasured the PH and TDS levels of my incoming tap water and again 
> after being filtered.
>
> Before filtering After Charcoal and RO Filtering
>
> TDS: 515 PPM 31 PPM
> PH: 7.7 7.1
>
>
> It looks like 7 stage RO filtering made the water move towards PH neutral 
> from being on the basic side. A reading of 7 would be considered perfect 
> neutral so I am happy with a PH reading of 7.1. I would rather have it 
> lean towards basic than acidic which is the case here. On the other hand, 
> the TDS level of the incoming tap water exceeds EPA standards! I wouldn't 
> dare drink the tap water here. Might end up with a case of kidney stones!
>
> I don't think meteorites would be happy with the tap water here. I will do 
> chemical testing in a few weeks. I hope there is no chloramine in our 
> system as is the case in California.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Adam
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