Sea salt is so easy to gather, i was thinking of starting up a small buisness on the side. From what i understand in the 24 hours i haqve bee interested in the idea, it seems so simple and cost effective to start up.

due to location natural evaporation cannot be done because of the low heat levels in the UK, the boiling method is simple but i dont see the need for the huge tower filtering system with faggots and layers of bullshit. the water can be sent through a much more compact filtering system, the underground pit i dont see the need for either, another type of container will do, the brine can just be boiled down into salt and dried under heat after.

there is always a need for salt, in the food industry for main retail profit, but also in bulk to industrial factories and to people conducting tests etc. if its possible i think i might venture into the salt trade because it seems like easy money to me,

does anytbody have experience with the salt idustry and/or process?


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i would think that you need a resource consent to go draining the ocean, also, its not just evapouration, you also need to filter out the other crap(eg, plankton, ocean waste, toxic substances and other minerals)

i would think that you need a resource consent to go draining the ocean, also, its not just evapouration, you also need to filter out the other crap(eg, plankton, ocean waste, toxic substances and other minerals)

yeah ofcourse, i already stated about the filtering but the standard tower system i dont like. trace minerals are sought after in well refined sea salt. you get different grades of salt in each batch, some for industrial use, and some for retail sales. you need to register with health and safety standards etc to sell food products, i didnt know you need a permit to go and take sea water, its not like it will run out or anything.


its still a very simple thing that a child could perform.

peace.

oh, but but dont people do that already?

yeah... its called competition, like how all of us at sciforums make money and provide a service that thousands of other people already do. the salt industry doesent cost alot of money to start up in, the profit income is huge compared to the outgoing costs, the source is just plain sea water, it doesent cost anything.

peace.

yeah... its called competition, like how all of us at sciforums make money and provide a service that thousands of other people already do. the salt industry doesent cost alot of money to start up in, the profit income is huge compared to the outgoing costs, the source is just plain sea water, it doesent cost anything.

peace.

So you think the profit is huge compared to the costs, eh? :D Why not try checking out the wholesale value of a ton of salt and find the costs. I believe you'll be GREATLY disappointed.

ahhhhh. Where have you been? are you a father now?

Sea salt is so easy to gather, i was thinking of starting up a small buisness on the side. From what i understand in the 24 hours i haqve bee interested in the idea, it seems so simple and cost effective to start up.

due to location natural evaporation cannot be done because of the low heat levels in the UK, the boiling method is simple but i dont see the need for the huge tower filtering system with faggots and layers of bullshit. the water can be sent through a much more compact filtering system, the underground pit i dont see the need for either, another type of container will do, the brine can just be boiled down into salt and dried under heat after.

there is always a need for salt, in the food industry for main retail profit, but also in bulk to industrial factories and to people conducting tests etc. if its possible i think i might venture into the salt trade because it seems like easy money to me,

does anytbody have experience with the salt idustry and/or process?


peace.

Chi,

I haven't found any actual figures but I did come across this which you should find to be important: "Australia produced about 10 million tonnes of salt in 2004, and all by evaporation of seawater. The process is relatively complex, consuming and costly, as seawater contains a mix of dissolved salts."

The complex and costly part is due to the fact that common seawater contains MANY dissolved salts that are unhealthy and MUST be removed. Among the major offenders are large amounts of aluminum and magnesium salts. There are also several others that are considered contaminants.

So it's far from being just a matter of evaporation/boiling and isn't nearly as easy as you seem to think it is.

I like the idea, just hang out at the beach, seawater is free, and let the wind do the work while the dollars roll in from those fancy restaurants! Call it free range organic sea salt and put in it a nice bottle. You could even have a salt-of-the-month club.

I like the idea, just hang out at the beach, seawater is free, and let the wind do the work while the dollars roll in from those fancy restaurants! Call it free range organic sea salt and put in it a nice bottle. You could even have a salt-of-the-month club.

Yeah, does sound good, doesn't it. :)

But you've still got to process it (get out all the bad stuff), package it, haul it around and sell it. So I'll bet you won't have much time at all to spend on the beach.

Note that step one (above) is an absolute necessity. Just one lawsuit over E. coli or poisoning from an overdose of the harmful salts it also naturally contains could put you in debt for the rest of your life.

If you gathered the salt from somewhere unpolluted, contamination should not be a problem, though periodic lab checks would need to be made as with any foodstuff.

You don't need to evaporate all the water. If you have a very strong solution, crystals will begin to form as water evaporates. Keep it topped off to a constant volume and you can gather your white gold-dust by hand.

If you were going to go into business doing this, then you would make a living
and provide a wholesome natural product to people who wanted it.
But you will not make a fortune.

The only way you can make a fortune is by
1. Successful gambling on the Stock Exchange. This is called insider trading.
2. Employing people and taking a proportion of the wages they earn for yourself. This is called capitalism.

Capitalism is the surest way to wealth, ut if you decide against it, then
be careful not to end up like Karl Marx

Prussian police agent report on Karl Marx in 1852.

In the whole apartment there is not one clean and solid piece of furniture. Everything is broken. There is a chair with only three legs. In private life he is an extremely disorderly cynical human being, and a bad host. He leads a real gypsy existence. Washing, grooming and changing his linen are things he does rarely. He has no fixed times for going to sleep and waking up. He often stays up all night, and then lies down fully clothed on the sofa at midday and sleeps till evening.

yeah... its called competition, like how all of us at sciforums make money and provide a service that thousands of other people already do.
peace.

Speak for yourself , I just rob banks for a living, I don't compete with anyone! ;)