If Borax is good at raising pH would lye (caustic soda) also be effective?
Is there a reason that lye is not being promoted but borax is?
Is there a reason that lye is not being promoted but borax is?
Melt In The Sun said:Maybe because borax is a bit safer to handle than lye?
Correct. Lye is tricky to handle safely and not always easy to find. Borax is safer, easier to find, and does the same thing (though you need about five times as much to have the same effect).Melt In The Sun said:Maybe because borax is a bit safer to handle than lye?
Beez said:I've always been curious as to what situation would prompt an immediate need to raise pH in the first place. If a person has been following the BBB method, what would cause a downward drift of pH that wouldn't correct itself over time? (Excluding an accidental overdose of MA of course.)
:lol: Actually, I incidentally dismissed only one of the above reasons. (See the parenthetical statement at the end of my post.)JasonLion said:You carefully dismissed the two most common reasons for raising PH: when you are using trichlor, and accidentally lowering your PH below 6.8. Ignoring those two, the next one would probably be mysteriously low PH on opening, which is rare, but happens now and then.