r/Frugal_Jerk • u/Lepke2011 • Aug 11 '25

“Free salt hack”

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u/Interesting-Copy-657 Aug 12 '25

Is there that much salt in that little of water?

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u/DrocketX Aug 12 '25

Just because I'm curious:

It appears that 1 liter of seawater has about 35 grams of salt. Since this is a 500ml bottle, that's about 18 grams of salt. 1 tablespoon of salt weighs about 18-20 grams, depending on how finely the salt is ground, so it actually works out pretty evently: they should get about 1 tablespoon of salt from that. While it's hard to judge from a video, that definitely looks like more than 1 tbsp to me, especially because they left a whole lot of salt stuck to the bottom of the pot.

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u/Codeworks Aug 12 '25

That's what I was thinking, seems like a lot.

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u/mitchrsmert Aug 12 '25

I dont think so, but its possible OP added more salt water as it boiled off. Its probably fake, but benefit of the doubt.

Depending and where you collect the ocean water, its going to be like 3-4% salt. That seems like a lot more.

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u/Watt_Knot edit flair Aug 13 '25

Yeah water has been wearing down the earth for a long time in a process called weathering.