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A high to everyone, SWIM is new to DMT and has a question he would like to know if ph down could be used for the acid part of the extraction insted of vinegar SWIM has growth technology brand and they say itis 81% orthophosphoric acid (H3PO4)
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Quick answer - yes Here you!!! Gonnaenodaethat
"Iceberg???? - What Iceberg????"
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Have just noticed that pH down contains citric acid and ammonium bisulfate or mono ammonium phosphate. So I don't know if the bisulfate or the phosphate would enter into the equation. Anyone any more info on the use of pH down??? Here you!!! Gonnaenodaethat
"Iceberg???? - What Iceberg????"
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You can get Phosphoric acid 75% from home brew shops, in the UK its about £3.50 for 250ml.. A quick msds check shows that Growth Technology is Phosphoric acid and water so it will be fine Here you!!! Gonnaenodaethat
"Iceberg???? - What Iceberg????"
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SWIMs glad to hear that, he has started his first extraction and has just finished the water/acid soak. Fingers crossed
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GT stuff works great. For ease of use its helpful to dilute a quantity by 10 parts water and work from that. I have a 4 year old bottle that's still nearly full  mistakes were made
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The answer is yes, but begs the question why? Vinegar is cheap abundant, has no control and works perfectly well. I am a clown, nothing I say can be taken seriously. It is my profesion to talk nonsense
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SWIM thought it would be a good idea to use his ph down since he has used it before and the bottle was just sitting around not doing much for the past six months
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magic clown wrote:The answer is yes, but begs the question why? Vinegar is cheap abundant, has no control and works perfectly well. I would plump for phos. purely on the issue of smell; vinegar cooks have really started to grate on me over the years, stink up the house for days. mistakes were made
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Why not use citric acid? It doesn’t smell. That’s what SWIM uses for nearly all extractions. You can get food grade citric acid pretty cheap. It's much safer than industrial grade pH down. You may remember me as 69Ron. I was suspended years ago for selling bunk products under false pretenses. I try to sneak back from time to time under different names, but unfortunately, the moderators of the DMT-Nexus are infinitely smarter than I am.
If you see me at the waterpark, please say hello. I'll be the delusional 50 something in the American flag Speedo, oiling up his monster guns while responding to imaginary requests for selfies from invisible teenage girls.
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fourthripley wrote:GT stuff works great. For ease of use its helpful to dilute a quantity by 10 parts water and work from that. I have a 4 year old bottle that's still nearly full you definitely got your money's worth there lol, how many bottle's of vinegar would have been used in that time? and plus the smell SWIM can imagine that would be quite strong
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Phosphoric acid is perfect to use.
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mumbles wrote:Phosphoric acid is perfect to use. Yield wise, smell wise, etc ? Got GVG ? Mhm. Got DMT ? Pandora wrote:Nexus enjoys cutting edge and ongoing superior programming skills of the owner of this site (The Traveler), including recent switching to the .me domain name. I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block Simon Jester wrote:"WTF n00b, buy the $100 vapor pipe or GTFO" Ignorance of the law does not protect you from prosecution
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Slightly better yield, no smell, and you don't have to add much so a bottle goes a long way.
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