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All etched up!!!
I didn't expect it to foam so much. I used 1 gallon of acid to 10 gallons of water. I am glad I used 2 different trash cans to do it in. I let it sit for about 30 minutes and then I took them out of the buckets and put them in one larger bucket with the hose and a ph. I let...
I got a new 6 stage ro/di unit and the little 1/4" plastic nipple that connects the last 2 di chambers was cracked. It was a big PIA because the post office lost the package and it just got here today.
Gabe is the best helper there is. He will be 3 on Groundhog's Day and I do everything with...
Look who wants to help me cook some rock!
(I would never let him help me with this job)
He helps me with 95% of the things I do around the house. Whenever I come in the house with a bag or something he thinks I got him something.
Yeah they are sending me 2 of them. I looked all over the place for that darn thing. I have no patience so I was looking around to find one. nobody has them. I called every plumbing supply house around. I have a Grainger account and they had 10 packs of them for $4.20 but my local branch...
After I set up the new RO machine I went to flush it and noticed it leaking from between the 2 DI chambers. I took them apart and noticed this
I called BRS and they said that it is only a 1/4" x 1/4" NPT nipple that is broken and that they would 2 day ship me a replacement. That was Monday...
TIME TO ETCH SOME ROCK!!!
So I just scrubbed this rock and have it soaking in a 32g brute can. Tomorrow in the morning I am going to run to Lowes and get some Muriatic Acid ad VERY carefully & OUTSIDE etch the rock.
List of items for etching
long thick gloves
safety goggles
acid
baking...
I should have a bunch of reef flakes left when I'm done. I figure I would rather have too much than not enough and have to wait to get more shipped to me