Sandy A Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Hi! I pulled out my old jar of sodium silicate and found that it separated into a big hard lump on the bottom and watery liquid on the top. Can this be corrected or do I need to throw out the jar? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 Time to toss it out. I don't know what you use yours for but mostly I use mine for making magic water. When I get a new jar of sodium silicate I mix up a few gallons of magic water and have found it keeps fine for years, unlike the jar of sodium silicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy A Posted June 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 31 minutes ago, Min said: Time to toss it out. I don't know what you use yours for but mostly I use mine for making magic water. When I get a new jar of sodium silicate I mix up a few gallons of magic water and have found it keeps fine for years, unlike the jar of sodium silicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy A Posted June 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 I was afraid of that. Thank you for your help I appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 Once it dries it's done. You can turn it back into sodium Silicate by boiling it in lye, but I highly discourage doing that. Very unsafe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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