More on Yellow not Amber

Thanks, ryzlot for your very detailed response to my questions. Sounds like you are making MMS1 the proper way. The pictures show a little bit of amber color in the center where the water is deeper.

When you add the drops to the shot glass, try agitating only a few times and not continuously. If you look through the shot glass from the side instead of looking down into the glass, is the color darker?

What type of water are you using?

The test strip reading of 100 ppm in 120 ml of water seems high. As a reminder on using the test strips:

"Stir well to evenly distribute the ClO2 sample in the water. Take one of the test strips—taking care not to touch the pad of chemicals on the end of the strip—and dip it in the solution for two seconds. Keep the strip in one place in the solution and do not move it around during the two-second period. Without flicking any of the solution off the strip, remove the strip from the test solution with the pad facing up and wait ten seconds. Then find the matching color on the test strip container."

Test strips only give an approximate reading. By the way, in case you did not know, you can cut the strips in half length-wise to double the number of strips.

I have tried a quick-swirl-then-wait but still just yellow. Water comes later of course - I was buying distilled but now using high-end-filter water - tested against the distilled with strips and strips indicate the same PPM's. My pre-mms tap water reads 180 ppm with a test meter - only 114 ppm after the filter.

My issue is with the actual mms. Is there another supplier who has stock o MMS and HCL?

James

"My pre-mms tap water reads 180 ppm with a test meter - only 114 ppm after the filter."

I assume those numbers are TDS? If you use a ZERO water filter, the TDS reading should be, well, ZERO! I use a Berkey followed by two ZERO water filters. And, to make MMS I use homemade distilled water.

You will find links to many sellers of MMS products here: t.me/mmslinks

Thanks but my focus is on the MMS colour before adding it to the water - Is my MMS sub-standard? Jim says not to trust its potential if yellow.

Also I note that some suppliers use a 5% HCL and some use 4% - which is correct?

Jame

I'm new in mms

Also I had the same problem with one of these kits, only yellow.
Then I note when adding two drops of reactive becomes brown. I leave one image

left with 2 drops:


in my case it works

sorry, duplicate message.