Awesome idea. I love the fact that you are cleaning the water without using harsh chemicals, then reusing it. I'm definitely gonna add a charcoal filter to my water cleaning process. I'm thinking of using an old Pure water filter for this, giving it a 2nd life. If I can't get that to work, I'll use your method. Thanks for sharing!!
The question that still remains for me is if the charcoal particle size is actually small enough to separate out the acrylic polymer from the water. I'm not sure it actually does as the particle size is actually larger. Purified activated charcoal is 10,000 - 100,000nm and acrylic polymer when wet seems to be 50nm (hard to find the size for when it's wet versus when it is dry). So what is the charcoal doing? Is it binding to with the acrylic polyer and pigment particles? Thanks! I appreciate the video!
Great video! Could you use coffe filters instead of cloth. Or better yet... BRITA water containers. They have charcoal filters also. Just don't drink from them...:) So glad I found this video. Breaking my head around how not to contaminate the water. I try to only use pigments that are environmentally safe. But this will help a lot with cleaning up. Thanks!
You could probably use coffee filters. That type of coffee is not super common where I live, so I always forget about them. The Brita filter is definitely the same concept.
Hi Kirstin, thanks for watching! Check with your local waste collection service, because this kind of thing differs from place to place, but I wrap mine up and put it in the regular rubbish collection.
It's based on models I've seen where people intend for the water to be drinkable, but it's not what I set out to do with this video. I'd be very hesitant to say that someone could drink this water without testing it first. If you're looking to make drinkable water, I'd recommend doing a lot more research.
Thank you, this has been bothering me for quite a while.
Is just charcoal or activated? Thanks for the video
Awesome idea. I love the fact that you are cleaning the water without using harsh chemicals, then reusing it. I'm definitely gonna add a charcoal filter to my water cleaning process. I'm thinking of using an old Pure water filter for this, giving it a 2nd life. If I can't get that to work, I'll use your method.
Thanks for sharing!!
The question that still remains for me is if the charcoal particle size is actually small enough to separate out the acrylic polymer from the water. I'm not sure it actually does as the particle size is actually larger. Purified activated charcoal is 10,000 - 100,000nm and acrylic polymer when wet seems to be 50nm (hard to find the size for when it's wet versus when it is dry). So what is the charcoal doing? Is it binding to with the acrylic polyer and pigment particles? Thanks! I appreciate the video!
Great video! Could you use coffe filters instead of cloth. Or better yet... BRITA water containers. They have charcoal filters also. Just don't drink from them...:) So glad I found this video. Breaking my head around how not to contaminate the water. I try to only use pigments that are environmentally safe. But this will help a lot with cleaning up. Thanks!
You could probably use coffee filters. That type of coffee is not super common where I live, so I always forget about them. The Brita filter is definitely the same concept.
Super helpful, thanks! What do you do with the used charcoal filter once it stops working and dries up?
Hi Kirstin, thanks for watching! Check with your local waste collection service, because this kind of thing differs from place to place, but I wrap mine up and put it in the regular rubbish collection.
Very helpful!
Excellent! Thanks 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Can we drink this water?
It's based on models I've seen where people intend for the water to be drinkable, but it's not what I set out to do with this video. I'd be very hesitant to say that someone could drink this water without testing it first. If you're looking to make drinkable water, I'd recommend doing a lot more research.
I followed the steps as closely as I could and it didn't work. with black paint water. Did anyone one else actually try this and it worked?