The quickest way to turn your saltwater into salt is by boiling it. But be careful, you don't want to scorch the salt! Be prepared to spend all day in the kitchen with the stove on.



There seem to be several schools of thought on how to evaporate your seawater, so I will go over each method briefly. I will leave it up to you to experiment and develop your own technique.





The first method, which I found described most frequently in my research, uses a constant boil. The danger with this method is how easy it is to scorch your salt. The advantage, though, is that it is the quickest method.Bring your seawater to a boil. Once about half of the water is evaporated, or when you start seeing the salt form in the water, you'll need to start stirring—infrequently at first, but more and more frequently as more water evaporates until you are continuously stirring. The goal here is to get your salt to the consistency of wet sand.there can still be water in the pot when the sand reaches the right consistency. This part confused me when I was doing my research, but once I actually did it, it made more sense. Try scooping out the salt with your stirring spoon to check the consistency. When it's like wet sand, thick but still pourable, then you're done.