Water-glassed eggs (pickling lime) and hard-boiling… my results.

[PoppaMike]

I picked up several packages of “no-name” little weenies and two Hillshire Farms smoked sausage to try your recipe. I did the eggs last week, one more week before I crack them open!

Great! I hope you like them. I just finished off a jar of eggs and smokies, now got to make some more!

 

[npalen]

All this talk about "water glass" really confuses me. Back in the 60's I worked for a company that did repair of large cast iron components including diesel engine heads as well as transmission components etc. We used a liquid called "water glass" as a glue/sealer when installing repairs that had to bond and/or seal against coolant leakage. So my question is whether there is any relation between the two "water glasses"? Anyone have a clue?

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Maybe they meant water "glazed"?

 

[cqaigy2]

All this talk about "water glass" really confuses me. Back in the 60's I worked for a company that did repair of large cast iron components including diesel engine heads as well as transmission components etc. We used a liquid called "water glass" as a glue/sealer when installing repairs that had to bond and/or seal against coolant leakage. So my question is whether there is any relation between the two "water glasses"? Anyone have a clue?

I had the same confusion, back in the day, water glass was sodium silicate, i think it was. Used like you indicate and also for sealing potable concrete water tanks.

 

[KilroyJC]

All this talk about "water glass" really confuses me. Back in the 60's I worked for a company that did repair of large cast iron components including diesel engine heads as well as transmission components etc. We used a liquid called "water glass" as a glue/sealer when installing repairs that had to bond and/or seal against coolant leakage. So my question is whether there is any relation between the two "water glasses"? Anyone have a clue?

That is the stuff used during Obama’s “Cash For Clunkers” to permanently ruin perfectly good engines.

in this usage, it refers to either pickling like (hydrated lime) or, less often, isinglass (fish bladder extract).

 

[npalen]

Water Glass - liquid sodium silicate

Water glass (liquid sodium silicate) allows for an old-fashioned way to make fresh eggs last and last - for up to several months. But that's just one of its uses. Dilute water glass for use as a transparent sealer for cement or concrete floors Use full strength as an adhesive...

www.lehmans.com

It sounds like the water glass for sealing eggs and sealing mechanical components is the same thing.

 

[KilroyJC]

And now a batch of eggs with little snausages: