Dead Sea Salt Woo

[zeusbheld]

Uhm, just how much buoyancy can you achieve by adding a half pound of salt to 300 pounds of water?

at no point did i ever say i *only* used a half pound...

i use cheap salt. i may not use salt from the Dead Sea, but i may well recreate the salinity of the Dead Sea (haven't checked the math).

 

[fuelair]

Logic is good. I presume, though, that you shower before drying. At DS concentrations, the salt left on the towel or you will recrystallize and the result will be unpleasant. Even at normal concentrations itching and drying of the skin can occur.

 

[bethanythemartian]

I am having trouble distinguishing between two alternative readings of the title of the thread (Necker-style)

I can read it as:
"(Dead Sea) salt woo" - meaning salt from the Dead Sea... or...
"dead (Sea Salt) woo" - meaning woo about sea salt that is dead.

The first one. Salt harvest from the Dead Sea is supposed to have all sorts of miracle cures. Arthritis, psoriasis, excema blah blah blah.

I'm not quite sure how one would kill sea salt, actually.

 

[zeusbheld]

Logic is good. I presume, though, that you shower before drying. At DS concentrations, the salt left on the towel or you will recrystallize and the result will be unpleasant. Even at normal concentrations itching and drying of the skin can occur.

absolutely shower after. salty skin just doesn't feel... clean.

wouldn't notice the crusty towel though as i'm a compulsive towel-washer.

 

[fuelair]

Just checking !!

 

[casebro]

at no point did i ever say i *only* used a half pound...

i use cheap salt. i may not use salt from the Dead Sea, but i may well recreate the salinity of the Dead Sea (haven't checked the math).

The Dead Sea itself is 31% salt, you would need 100 pounds in your 300# of bath water.

Or normal sea water is about 4%, you would only need 12 # for that much flotation.

300 pounds of water is about 35 gallons, a number I pulled out of thin air. I'm guesstimating that 25 gallons wouldn't do.

 

[zeusbheld]

The Dead Sea itself is 31% salt, you would need 100 pounds in your 300# of bath water.

Or normal sea water is about 4%, you would only need 12 # for that much flotation.

300 pounds of water is about 35 gallons, a number I pulled out of thin air. I'm guesstimating that 25 gallons wouldn't do.

all very interesting, but you DO realize i was kidding about recreating the salinity of the dead sea, don't you?

 

[arthwollipot]

The first one. Salt harvest from the Dead Sea is supposed to have all sorts of miracle cures. Arthritis, psoriasis, excema blah blah blah.

I'm not quite sure how one would kill sea salt, actually.

Actually that could have been worded better. Note to self. Don't post while drinking.

I meant, of course dead woo about sea salt.

 

[quarky]

osmosis and semi-permeable membranes.

isn't that what the salt is about, as per drawing out infection?

 

[bethanythemartian]

Actually that could have been worded better. Note to self. Don't post while drinking.

Ah, that's a good one, I'll have to remember that...

I meant, of course dead woo about sea salt.

Dead woo... is there dead woo about sea salt? I mean, I'm sure there is, but....

Although yes, that does make more sense.

 

[The Gnomon]

The Death of Salt

I'm not quite sure how one would kill sea salt, actually.

You can starve it (takes a long time) or subject it to microwave radiation, but the simplest way is to beat it to death with a hammer. Do not place the corpse on any growing things, however, as the salt death is contagious to living organisms.