Home Made Bacteriostatic Water

[Judah]

Just ran accross this:

Boil some distilled water in a small closeable and clean glass container via the microwave, allow the water to cool in the closed container, and then add the distilled water to your dry HCG vial (or whatever you want bacteriostatic water for). For 99 drops of water (comes out to about 1ml), I add 1 drop of Benzyl Alcohol using a 30gauge needle/.5cc syringe. That's all there is to it. I'm using 5000iu HCG vials so .1cc works out nicely at 500iu. I've never had any complications or problems using this method.

I know everything can be sterilzed but my concerned would be the the possibilties of any variable along the way due to the fact that "your at home" which is obvioulsy a much less controlled envorionment then a lab despite knowing sterilztation protocols.

Bacteriostatic Water is so cheap to order, I dont know why the eff you would do this lol.

Any thoughts?

[Permabulk]

That seriously scares me. I would never, even though I'm sure that would work. Not worth it IMO...

[ironbeck]

Sounds good...can anyone else concurr with this method of ,making your own bac water?
Also what if you do not add your 1% BA? but you have sterile water in a sterile sealed vial?

[600@50]

I've seen the same 1% BA added to distilled water but also filtered thru a .22 syringe filter for home made bac water.

[jasc]

I've made it before when in a pinch..

ran Distilled water through a .2 whatman n added 1% BA

worked great

[Bonaparte]

I do it, but not with some ghetto microwave method.
Just add 1ml of BA to 100ml of distilled water and filter through a .2um syringe filter into a sealed sterile jug.

[mwilkinson]

whats the point? it's $4 through amazon or anyother .com place

[Bonaparte]

whats the point? it's $4 through amazon or anyother .com place

Because I can make 300ml at a time for $4 (the cost of a syringe filter), and I don't have to hunt around the net and wait a week for it to show up.

[ScotchGuard02]

I make my own because it's fast, cheap, more convenient (for me), and I want to have the BW in 100ml bottle instead of 30ml.

[Tigershark]

I thought distilled ater did not boil? And when you add something to it the water will explode? Mythbusters did this I believe.

[Bonaparte]

I thought distilled ater did not boil? And when you add something to it the water will explode? Mythbusters did this I believe.

HUH? It is just pure H2O. Of course it will boil.

[Krohn744]

That's a huge risk for savings of less than $10-$20...

[Bonaparte]

That's a huge risk for savings of less than $10-$20...

Not if you make your own gear in the first place and know what you're doing.

[Northernguy]

Don't microwave anything !!