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BeanyBoy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 12AX7
The red jug of 'fire I have is slightly yellowish. No apparent dye.
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Mine is beyond slightly yellow, its a real dark yellow, almost brown viscous fluid. I thought I recalled a thread here where it was mentioned this is
the normal appearance for this 98% stuff.
However, when diluted down to about 33.5%, it lightened up to a light yellow; that's battery acid con., and I don't recall ever seeing battery acid
being yellow tinged.
When I bought it down the street, I was offered both quarts and gallons. I believe I will get a gallon next time.
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elementcollector1
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I have another KOH product that is only 1-10% KOH and <5% NaOCl. Do I just boil this down to get mostly KOH? If so, then what do I do to get rid of
the NaOCl?
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Hexavalent
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Why not just purchase pure KOH on eBay? People seem to sell it all the time for making biodiesel and whatnot. Seems like too much hard work to try and
purify all of this.
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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elementcollector1
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Actually, what about the old-school method? Causticizing potash from plant ashes?
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CrimpJiggler
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The dye should be the least of your worries. Activated charcoal should get rid of the dye. What is all this "inert" stuff? That would be my biggest
concern.
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