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Old 10/25/2007, 10:27 AM
EnderG60 EnderG60 is offline
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your supposed to mix your salt in whatever size the container is. So if you get a 50g bag, mix 50g. if you have a 160g bucket mix 160g and so on.

Reason is as the OP stated there are various different minerals and metals in the salt that can settle to the bottom or top as the salt is shipped. So if you only use a small amount of salt at a time(say 10g out a 160g bucket) you might be getting high amounts of more toxic items and much less amounts of good stuff.

BUT if you mix it all at once you don't get that unevenness from batch to batch.

The correct thing to do is mix all your salt at once and use the water as needed keeping it moving, air rated and stored in a cool dark place until you need it.

But almost no one ever does this, and very few have seen any ill effects from not doing it.