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Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: drewskie on February 20, 2017, 03:36:53 pm

Title: How can I identify a chemical with a missing label?
Post by: drewskie on February 20, 2017, 03:36:53 pm
Hello everyone. I have an older bottle of either Ph plus, or Ph minus that the label has fallen off of. I can't remember which chemical it is, and I don't want to have to throw it out, is there a test I can do other than dumping a bunch in the tub and testing the water?
Title: Re: How can I identify a chemical with a missing label?
Post by: BullFrogSpasMN on February 20, 2017, 04:14:34 pm
pH increaser is plain old baking soda so it will have the same consistency which is a very fine light powder....pH decreaser is typically a more grainy/sand like texture
Title: Re: How can I identify a chemical with a missing label?
Post by: Tman122 on February 20, 2017, 05:19:19 pm
Hello everyone. I have an older bottle of either Ph plus, or Ph minus that the label has fallen off of. I can't remember which chemical it is, and I don't want to have to throw it out, is there a test I can do other than dumping a bunch in the tub and testing the water?

Take the biggest tupper ware bowl you have, fill it with tap water and test the PH, write the number down. Then add some and stir. Test again in an hour and see which way it went. Use a sharpie to mark the bottle. And what BFSM said.
Title: Re: How can I identify a chemical with a missing label?
Post by: drewskie on February 21, 2017, 03:37:50 am
Ah, that makes sense, thank you guys both very much. I feel like an idiot that I didn't even think of testing the chemical in a separate container.
Title: Re: How can I identify a chemical with a missing label?
Post by: bud16415 on February 21, 2017, 10:07:18 am
Take a few grains and put them in a teaspoon of vinegar. The ph up will have a reaction.