When we say nearby how nearby are we talking about? Like in the same room or just within a few feet?
I didn't know about the gas that the mixture would give off. I'll have to remember that when I go to store it in a container to make sure that the cap isn't fully tightened.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, garydeal <garydeal@...> wrote:
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> >I use glass Mason canning jars. They come with a lid and ring but you
> >can buy plastic screw on lids. Has worked for me for 2 years.
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> I'd suggest not using glass that seals. The hydrogen peroxide will
> continue to decompose and produce oxygen gas while in storage, which can
> produce enough pressure to burst the container (the type of seal on a
> mason jar with the two-part lid might be ok for this, but I wouldn't use
> it). I've had several exploding glass containers of other things over the
> years, and even if the contents isn't nasty the glass can fly quite a
> ways.
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> I've stored the stuff in a brown plastic peroxide bottle, having
> squeezed it quite a bit before capping, and had it develop enough
> pressure to show stretch lines down the sides of the bottle. The big
> plastic ketchup squeeze bottles sound about perfect, since they can vent
> the pressure while sealed. The vented gasses will still rust/corrode any
> metal nearby...
>
> -Gary
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