Cinnamon- I started using Cinnamon, for both reducing and capping. Well, question is how strong is
cinnamon tincture initially made, - (in my case).
- 1/3 of Ceylon cinnamon, to 2 thirds 151 proof, grain alcohol. I used to ad light Karo,
diluted half and half, with 20 PPM colloidal silver, approximate 7-8 drops, and my
batch is 1.8 Litter, and temp is 130-140 F, #2 silver rod, 15mA. (From now on, water temp is
going to be 80-85F; Big, thanks Kep!)
After 2 years or so, using Karo, (same bottle); batches started to become slightly darker.
O.K. So as I started, to try tincture of cinnamon, as described above, and when i used
7 drops of cinnamon in my final extraction, batch came tooo-dark! Then I went to use
3 drops, and color was "restored", again!
...Have not tried making cinnamon with lesser proof-alcohol... Then I do not know, if the
cinnamon powder has anything to do with the strength of tincture.
Nix
(Revised 9/22/2019 3:00PM Eastern time).
P.S. Sorry, forgot to address the fact that I decided to try cinnamon instead of Karo, (had positive results always, not that I have experienced anything adverse in my applications, using Karo, for reducing), it's most likely that "operator" did not shake bottle properly... and bottle of reducer is not refrigerated.
Solution; I believe i have to make a new-fresh-batch and give it a go again.
Thanks
Nix