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alt_sirius) wrote2013-09-09 03:47 pm
alt_sirius) wrote2013-09-09 03:47 pm
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Formulae 1-4 failed.
Of note: iteration four resulted in foaming at step six. Adjusted for viscosity in iteration five; better consistency but turned black just going into step eight, then solidified before steps 9-12.
About to start iteration six. Maybe need an adjustment before adding the powdered beetle horn but after the sliced arrowroot. I'm thinking two drops of salamander oil ought to keep both colour and liquidity. Don't want to use more in case it affects the temperature of the solution.
Will let you know what happens.
Of note: iteration four resulted in foaming at step six. Adjusted for viscosity in iteration five; better consistency but turned black just going into step eight, then solidified before steps 9-12.
About to start iteration six. Maybe need an adjustment before adding the powdered beetle horn but after the sliced arrowroot. I'm thinking two drops of salamander oil ought to keep both colour and liquidity. Don't want to use more in case it affects the temperature of the solution.
Will let you know what happens.
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Although —
I am vaguely remembering that a decade and a half ago, a group in México was turning out some research about cornmeal as used to stabilise preparations that were arithmantically imbalanced under high heat. I cannot remember the results, and of course circumstances resulted in the rather forceful cancellation of my subscriptions to the journals of the field shortly thereafter. Given the time period the potion was originally developed during, cornmeal would have been unknown to your ancestors, and not likely part of the original instructions — but if we are at the point where we are altering the instructions this dramatically, perhaps we ought look slightly further afield.
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Right. Anyway. Cornmeal. Not likely to get hold of that in the Protectorate until we can figure out how to get Aleks through the wards again. Likely substitutes .... Flour? Or barley?
Though we may not need to go that far. Sixth variant: So far so good. Colour good, consistency fair. It's been on the simmer for an hour, per instruction. About to try step nine.
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Some of us thought with something other than ourA quick bit of calculation shows rye meal would likely be more suitable than wheat flour, though barley might suffice as a stabilizing agent if ground under a new moon and mixed with well water drawn at sunrise.
Though that would likely interfere with the potion's base ... which I am still exceedingly dubious about. Are you absolutely certain you translated that portion correctly?
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We really might not have to worry about it. Step nine went without a
What the fno subject
We'll try that.
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I shudder to think what I have missed, but presuming the workbench is still extant: I would not wish to advise you on the proper proportions before I've the chance to do the calculations in greater detail, and have them checked over at least once. Preferably twice, given that we are clearly missing something.
Do let me know if you are in need of a visit from Poppy.
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I was done for the night, anyway: That cracked the cauldron right in half and 'Reparo' just won't do it - not at least to my satisfaction. The others in the house aren't suitable (as we've already discovered).
I'll have Remus get another half-dozen tomorrow and we can start over. I'll have Kreacher bring you the notes on versions 1-6 so far, with the effects and resulting modifications.
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The more detail you are able to provide, the better.
And you needn't continue to be snide about the measurements, to me or to Alice — it was your unsteady hand that dumped the entire batch of verbena in all at once when I was very clear about needing to add it gradually.
Do not trouble Lupin; I have found several forgotten closets here. Despite the best efforts of
my professionpotion-makers through the ages, cauldron specifications have shifted slightly; most contemporary receipts have been altered along with the shifts in the equipment, but this one has not, and clearly it is sensitive enough that perhaps a contemporaneous cauldron might serve better. At very least, it is a straw at which we have not yet grasped; it is worth a try.no subject
Don't worry: The notes are comprehensive.
You missed your calling; you're worse than Sluggy when it comes tono subject
Let us hope for Mr Weasley's sake that your notes are as comprehensive as you purport.
And for the sake of getting this over with so I do not have to continue to put up with