How to make your own Sea Salt

[KerriNel]

You might want to look up the water pollution in your area(most is too polluted!!!), air pollution, and most importantly understand that ocean water and some sea waters are high in methylmercury which can cause serious damage to the central nervous system including your brain.

Livestrong explains it’s best not to consume salt from ocean water because it is likely high in methylmercury in the article "Will mercury in sea salt harm health".

[1rebelblood]

So when is the government going to start taxing us for the water we take out of the ocean to make salt? And thanks for the upload, u saved me a good buck!!!

[soumam]

I like the song

[000WOLFBANE000]

good info here thanx all

[jaclynj161]

This is my science expirement... but the steps are a teensy bit different........ But anyway, good job... blarggstar...

[angelcarnivore]

This a great idea, too, if you're a person who isn't normally near the ocean but vacationing... bring home a souvenir that lasts quite a while!

[radziahradzi]

do you think there will be differences between your sea salt and if i will make it as it is from different sea and sea from the side of our country, the color differs from your place (some that i have look at, there are some nice ones in Borneo but I haven't been there) or do you think it will be the same? I mean in the saltiness or something? lol just random thinking but I wonder...

[oscargortez]

@radziahradzi I would think the only real difference would be in how much salt a gallon produces.

[olivermunn]

This is the most energy inefficient way of producing salt! Just leave your gallon of water outside in the sun for a few days and save yourself the stove and the oven...

[blarggstar]

@olivermunn Good idea. I did this in the Fall when there wasn't much sun out.

[Jakathera]

so... how do you know there aren't wicked bad chemicals in your salt from people who dump into the ocean? (serious question, not trying to be mean)

[blarggstar]

@Jakathera The Oregon coast is pretty clean so I don't worry about it. The water looked and smelled fresh and the salt tastes yummy!

[Jakathera]

@blarggstar Good stuff :)

[givepropstotherich]

Eating cape cod potato chips with sea salt as i watched this :)

[obieezx11]

What a load of bullshit there wasn't that much salt in the pot as you had in the jar at the end you added ordanery salt to make it look more your a moron please don't think we are to by insulting our intelligence.

[chriswereheer]

Lol Nirvana has been turned into elevator music

[flamedrag18]

I know a even easier way, just take a black wash tub and fill with sea water, allow it to bake in the summer sun and wind for a few days, it'll evaporate the water and you'll have a nice bit of salt.

[blarggstar]

@flamedrag18 Easier if you have a black wash tub and somwhere to put it for few days. Haha. This amount of salt lasts me 6 - 8 months, I don't know what I do with gallons of it.

But this is good to know, thanks for the comment.

[mojokiss]

by the way - i did this! I made a shaker full of salt from a gallon of sea water. What i learned is that filtering the water is pretty important, and that here, water from the beach is pretty gross, dirty and tastes metallic

[theroadsofar]

This song is mad. Who covered it?

[blarggstar]

@theroadsofar It is the band "The Bad Plus" on the album "These are the vistas". I only own the one song by them--found it on iTunes.

[thekeysbucket]

HEY! I'm doing this tonight but have you done any since this vid? I plan on boiling down 5 gallons, what do you think it will yield in raw salt?

[blarggstar]

@thekeysbucket 1 gallon of salt yielded a lot for me, so 5 gallons will be quite a bit more. Good luck!!!

[katanaburner]

Nice vid. But I prefer to make the salt by slow to medium heat while constantly stirring only to stop to rake the top layer. This way I get flakes and then eventually crystals. I also bypass the oven. Your way is good too though.

[blarggstar]

@katanaburner Interesting. This was my first time trying this and didn't even know if it would work. My next batch, I will try your method.

Thanks for the comment.

[Ypipable]

Your mad.

[theroadsofar]

0:30 did you start off with salt?? huh?

[blarggstar]

@theroadsofar Nope, but it sure looks like it with the white cloth. I assure you it was pure sea water.

[fleckyRFC]

Brilliant video, thanks for posting vid

[EU214191819]

Cool man, really surprised how much salt you got from so little water, definitely going to give this a go, cheers!

[antonisok]

Thanks for that, i've been toying with the idea for a while. Great talking point at a dinner party I guess.

[RamessesR]

nirvana?

[blarggstar]

Yeah.

[mojokiss]

absolutely amazing. im doing this today right now! thanks

[blarggstar]

Cool. Thanks for watching!

[mojokiss]

just made my first few teaspoons tonight. Letting the slurry dry out in some heat now. Would love to talk about other projects ima check yo' other videos out