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[tootall]

Ok Could Some one please tell me what You use Baking soda " Sodium Bicarb" I know it will lower the PH but what amont do you use for 400 gallons? and is there any other use for it as well?

[Vinny]

It will raise the PH and alkalinity in your tub.

As for other uses, I got it from someone here to use it to clean the water line off the tub and it does a great job at thet too!

[hottub.pool_boy]

diddo to vinny. Also works good on fresh brined bait to retain color.

[NE-Phil]

Ok Could Some one please tell me what You use Baking soda " Sodium Bicarb"...and is there any other use for it as well?

tootall,
Here's a home remedy: It's good for indigestion. Stir up a teaspoonful (give or take) in 1/2 a glass of water and drink it down. After the belch you'll feel a lot better. Really!

Phil

[Brewman]

It's supposed to also absorb those nasty refrigerator odors.  And you can brush your teeth with it.  
The box has all sorts of uses listed on it.

Oh yeah.  Science class in grade school.  Put some baking soda on a sheet of aluminium foil, wrap the foil around an inverted funnel, pour some vinegar in the funnel on the baking soda, and you have a nifty chemical volcano.

[Tman122]

I raise my Total Alkalitity and PH with it from 6.8-7.0 PH and 70-80 TA to 7.5-7.6 PH 110-120 TA with 6 OZ.s over the first week of a water change in 400 gallons. Dang near every time I change my water.

[TrikkeAddict]

You can use it and vinegar to keep your drains clean - I think 1/2 cup each, let it sit for awhile and flush with hot water.

[tony]

A tablespoon of baking soda will raise the TA in a 400 gallon spa about 10 ppm and pH .2 - .4.

[Mendocino101]

It works great to clean battery terminals on your car as well .....

[cappykat]

Yep, Phil's right...it works great for indigestion!!

[NE-Phil]

And it safely raises Alkilinity and PH with no harm to the spa? Great! Sure beats the price of store bought Alkilinity Increaser!

Brewman reminded me of another use for baking soda. Years ago while visiting my sister in NC, I was stung by a hornet. If you've never experienced it, a hornet sting is an extremely painful sting - much worse than a bee sting. My sister mixed a conconction of equal amounts vinegar and baking soda.
As Brewman points out, it fizzes and bubbles like crazy. She put some of the mixture right on top of the sting and let it sit there. I found it quickly did a wonderful job of relieving the pain.
Even later on, the sting was nowhere near as tender or painful as a hornet sting usually is.
I've been recommending it ever since with the same positive results.

Phil