I believe that is exactly what he is saying and I saw no need to recontact those professionals as suggested.
No that is not what I said or meant but see below.
I never expected a response from him like that. It kind of left me dumbfounded. You know, one of those "duh..." moments. I was going to just let it go but thought I would help him a little with some referrence points below:
http://www.watertechonline.com/article.asp?IndexID=6630548
http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/onlinepubs/h99002.html
http://www.novachem.com/productservices/docs/BrineSolution_MSDS_EN.pdf
Let's check out your "referrence " materials Andy.
The first link above... there is no mention, not a single one, of or about storing resin in brine as we are discussing here.
The article is about dry brining (pre refill) and wet brining (post refill) salt storage in a salt tank of a water softener. BTW, your Purolite buddy mentions a "salimeter" - Google can't find anything about a "salimeter".
Your second "referrence" link also has nothing in it about storing softener resin in brine.
Nor does the third link "referrence" storing softener resin in brine.
So what are you doing here with a "referrence" to misinformation?
It seems as if you and Skip (probably Wally too) don't know anything about osmotic shock so I will break down and educate y'all with a Google search for resin + "osmotic shock". There are gobs'n GOBS of info on the subject; which IMO your "referrence" should have been about. Recall that this type thing is why you were banned here a little over a year ago now and all your posts here were deleted.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=...=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_en___US358&ie=UTF-8
Here is a very good explanation of osmotic shock found in that search as I have applied it to this thread where the OP Mike, a DIYer, is wanting to add brine of unknown solution strength to a resin tank to store used resin in for an unknown length of time. It is an article reprinted from the Feb 2010 issue of the original article in WC&P magazine.
http://www.hellenbrand.com/my_files/PDFs for Water Treatment Articles/2010_02_Wirth_print.pdf
I strongly suggest that Mike does not store his resin in brine.