Silicade Recipe

Melissa Sandfort

1 Gallon Silicade — in two half-gallon containers.

Thanks to Dennis Crouse for this recipe. I am not endorsing this recipe, I am simply posting it for those who want a half-gallon recipe.

Materials:

  • 1 Brita filter

  • 2 half gallon jars

  • 2 wide mouth lids and rings

  • 1 small pitcher

  • 1 tablespoon

  • 1 smidgen, dash, and pinch

  • 1 small pyrex beaker

  • 4 zero water bottles

  • 1 funnel

  • 1 oven mitt

  • 1 knife

  • 1 ph meter

Ingredients:

  • sodium silicate

  • sodium bisulfate

  • baking soda

  • calcium chloride

  • magnesium chloride

Procedure:

  1. Add 1 dash and 1 pinch of sodium silicate and 2 tbsp zero water into small pitcher

  2. Fill 2 half gallon containers with zero water

  3. Put 100ml of zero water into beaker

  4. Bring small pitcher to boil and boil for 30 seconds

  5. After boiling, empty small pitcher into pyrex beaker containing the zero water

  6. Top off the pyrex beaker to 200 ml using zero water

  7. Pour 100ml in each half gallon container

  8. Fill up two half gallon containers to first line, screw on part with zero water

  9. Add 1 pinch 1 smidgen of sodium bisulfate to each half gallon of water. When I add a pinch, my ph comes out to about 3.10-3.3 so I am halving the recipe for now.

  10. Put on the lids and shake to mix

  11. Test ph balance, it should be 4.0 to 5.0. If it’s not, Crouse says to slowly add a little more sodium bisulfate. However, when I do that, my ph goes down!! UGH.

  12. Filter through the brita

  13. Add a quarter of a smidgen - to a smidgen- of baking soda to the half gallon containers and refill them with the now brita filtered water. Then shake to mix.

  14. Test ph, it should be 6.5

  15. If the ph is too low, you can add a single grain of rice worth of baking soda.

  16. Add 1 pinch magnesium chloride to each container if you want 20 ppm extra magnesium.

  17. Add 1 pinch calcium chloride to each container if you want 40 ppm extra calcium. The pH will rise to 6.6 with 2 pinches of calcium chloride (for 80 ppm calcium).

    Dennis Crouse recipe is here

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