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Title: Calcium Chloride, Aqueos - Different Strengths
Post by: wharris on March 03, 2010, 03:31:02 PM
I typically buy my CaCl from Leeners.  Leener's stated CaCl concentration is 30%.

In looking to purchase this from Dairy Connection (http://dairyconnection.com/equipment.htm#cal), I could not determine the concentration from their web site.
So I inquired, and I got the following response:

"Our Calcium chloride is 33%
Please let me know if  you have any other questions.
Thank you,
Sandy Speich
Technical Specialist
"

Just an FYI.


Title: Re: Calcium Chloride, Aqueos - Different Strengths
Post by: padams on March 03, 2010, 05:07:10 PM
Crap!  well, now I know where I will be buying my next bottle!  Thanks Wayne!
Title: Re: Calcium Chloride, Aqueos - Different Strengths
Post by: Cheese Head on March 03, 2010, 11:48:19 PM
Wayne, thanks, good to know that roughly the same concentration.
Title: Re: Calcium Chloride, Aqueos - Different Strengths
Post by: padams on March 04, 2010, 02:26:40 AM
So, the 3% won't make much of a difference?
Title: Re: Calcium Chloride, Aqueos - Different Strengths
Post by: linuxboy on March 04, 2010, 02:29:07 AM
No, not practically. Usually, in the home setting, you're adding blindly anyway because it's not practical to test the milk for existing Ca++ balance. Plus, there are measurement errors because 1/4 tsp vs 1/4 tsp+1 ml have a meniscus that looks about the same.
Title: Re: Calcium Chloride, Aqueos - Different Strengths
Post by: DeejayDebi on March 11, 2010, 04:18:57 AM
Great people too! They gave me a tour of the shop when I visited them in October. We talked for at least an hour. They actually told me I could buy certain moulds cheaper from Glenagarry then them! I still bought them at DC just because they were so honest and nice and I was holding them in my greedy little hands at the time.  ;D


No please don't take my moulds away ... please! :'(
Title: Re: Calcium Chloride, Aqueos - Different Strengths
Post by: wharris on March 11, 2010, 02:33:37 PM
Completely agree.  Great people.  There was a reason i was moving many of my purchases to them.
Title: Re: Calcium Chloride, Aqueos - Different Strengths
Post by: padams on March 11, 2010, 05:32:17 PM
wow.  That really is great customer service!  I wish I live back East in Dairy Country.....
Title: Re: Calcium Chloride, Aqueos - Different Strengths
Post by: DeejayDebi on March 11, 2010, 11:52:41 PM
It only took me 2 day to drive there!  ;)