Sodium Silicate Solution

redskies · Post by **redskies** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:10 pm

This just popped up on my newsfeed; I'm subscribed to a few pages like this, and they do have some very good info on them.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... nt_count=1

Just had a quick look, and this appears to be better than the mineral oil option, since you can still boil eggs that have been coated in this, just have to pierce the top with a pin first. And they'll keep for the same length of time; 9-12 months.

Brambles · Post by **Brambles** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:48 am

That brings back memories! My mum used to store the excess eggs from our chickens in waterglass to see us through the winter when the chickens stopped laying.

redskies · Post by **redskies** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:46 am

One of the links I checked did say that it's a technique that's been used for a while

Sometimes, I think humans are stupid - and conditioned to equate 'new' with 'good' and 'old' with 'bad'. Yet a lot of the really good food preservation techniques have been around a lot longer than I have, and they're still really effective!

The-Great-Nothing · Post by **The-Great-Nothing** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 11:48 am

Hi

Could I be a pain and ask what the solution is

I don't have a FB account, so can't view the linked article

Thanks

Matt

redskies · Post by **redskies** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:12 pm

You don't need an account to view the content; it's a page, so it's all public

The solution is Sodium Silicate, or water glass, and you can find more information about it if you run it through a search engine.

Basically, to preserve fresh eggs for 9-12 months, you just paint them with the solution. It works by keeping the oxygen out of the egg, making the shell impermeable.

The-Great-Nothing · Post by **The-Great-Nothing** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:03 pm

Hi

Awesome. Thanks for the info. Me & my girlfriend were just talking about egg storage a couple days back

Still asks me to login to view the page. Maybe it's an iPhone peculiarity.

Cheers

Matt

redskies · Post by **redskies** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:11 pm

Oooer, it shouldn't do that; all page content on FB must be public - there's no other setting for it! I run two or three business pages on there.

I think you're right that it's an iPhone thing; try it from a desktop?

lovelyloopylorna · Post by **lovelyloopylorna** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:50 pm

Hi, Thanks for this great tip, I knew the oil trick just but its always good to have more prepping info so thankyou LLL

Brambles · Post by **Brambles** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:17 pm

That's a different method to how my mum did it. She would make a solution of water glass and store the eggs in the solution, not paint them. If I remember rightly, by the time we got down to the last few, the shells sometimes were a bit soft!

redskies · Post by **redskies** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:36 pm

Links I've read say dip or paint, then air dry. I can imagine they'd be a wee bit soft if you left em in there!

uk-preppers.co.uk