does salt go bad?

Decaco · 11/30/2009, 07:31 PM

i left my lid off my bucket of salt and i guess humidity got to it and it turned hard. is it bad or can i break up and use?

Jared J · 11/30/2009, 07:32 PM

It's still salt. Just break it up.

Decaco · 11/30/2009, 07:41 PM

will it dissolve completly and mix well i guess is my real question?

Jared J · 11/30/2009, 07:45 PM

yes. the harder clumps may take longer to dissolve but it will.

Decaco · 11/30/2009, 07:47 PM

thank you

bertoni · 11/30/2009, 07:51 PM

Most likely, it'll dissolve, but some of the calcium and carbonate might have combined to form insoluble limestone, for example. When any of my salt solidified to a hard mass, I ditched it.

stubby 58 · 11/30/2009, 08:05 PM

I am new to this , what I have read on here is that it is not the same after it hardens , elements change if that is the right word to use. Mixed some up this last weekend and found a fist sized piece and trash canned it . Gary

chow · 11/30/2009, 09:32 PM

I think you would be fine to mix it with some good salt and then throw out any big remaining pieces. Just make sure you salinity and trace elements are good

HUNGER · 11/30/2009, 09:52 PM

should be fine i craked a buket once salt was hard as a rock but worked fine

C3gear · 12/01/2009, 12:37 AM

As long as it still dissolves you are good to go.

chat2BREWSKY · 12/01/2009, 08:24 AM

It depends on the mix. I had some Crystal Sea that turned hard and smelled like rotten eggs when dissolved. I tossed the whole thing.

aaronnohren · 12/01/2009, 08:31 AM

It'll get clumpy in time, but get a wisk and whip it up in the bottom of the bucket.

11/30/2009, 07:31 PM	#1
Decaco Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 107	does salt go bad? i left my lid off my bucket of salt and i guess humidity got to it and it turned hard. is it bad or can i break up and use?

11/30/2009, 07:51 PM	#6
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Most likely, it'll dissolve, but some of the calcium and carbonate might have combined to form insoluble limestone, for example. When any of my salt solidified to a hard mass, I ditched it. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

12/01/2009, 12:37 AM	#10
C3gear Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Atlanta,GA Posts: 51	As long as it still dissolves you are good to go. __________________ Men Do what they want Boys do what they can..... Current Tank Info: starting a new build soon

11/30/2009, 07:32 PM	#2
Jared J Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 431	It's still salt. Just break it up.

11/30/2009, 07:41 PM	#3
Decaco Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 107	will it dissolve completly and mix well i guess is my real question?

11/30/2009, 07:45 PM	#4
Jared J Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 431	yes. the harder clumps may take longer to dissolve but it will.

11/30/2009, 07:47 PM	#5
Decaco Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 107	thank you

11/30/2009, 08:05 PM	#7
stubby 58 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ama TX Posts: 217	I am new to this , what I have read on here is that it is not the same after it hardens , elements change if that is the right word to use. Mixed some up this last weekend and found a fist sized piece and trash canned it . Gary

11/30/2009, 09:32 PM	#8
chow Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 61	I think you would be fine to mix it with some good salt and then throw out any big remaining pieces. Just make sure you salinity and trace elements are good

11/30/2009, 09:52 PM	#9
HUNGER Moved On Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: OHIO Posts: 95	should be fine i craked a buket once salt was hard as a rock but worked fine

12/01/2009, 08:24 AM	#11
chat2BREWSKY Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Winchester, VA Posts: 19	It depends on the mix. I had some Crystal Sea that turned hard and smelled like rotten eggs when dissolved. I tossed the whole thing.

12/01/2009, 08:31 AM	#12
aaronnohren Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 89	It'll get clumpy in time, but get a wisk and whip it up in the bottom of the bucket.