Stupidity Abounds!

[redfishbluefish]

I pulled a real good Homer “D’oh!” today.


I spent the afternoon regenerating about two gallons of DI resin. I did this in three batches because of the size of my homemade separatory funnel and filter container.


So I’m doing my sodium hydroxide mix and separation of the anionic / cationic resins. My middle kid stops by for me to “clear” the OBD engine code on her car, so I’m now doing two things at the same time. Men were not made to multi-task. Give us one job and we get it done! Give us two tasks, and it's a disaster.



So I’m running up and down the cellar stairs to get the OBD reader and the muriatic acid to “clean” the cationic resin. I see a plastic one gallon jug….with a glance, beginning with an “M”, like in muriatic, and I’m back upstairs. I clear the errant code on my kid’s car and go to add the muriatic acid to the cationic resin. I start to add and wonder why it’s not instantly doing its color change. I look at the gallon jug and discover I just pour mineral spirits into the resin. D’OH!

So I’ve lost about a third of my cationic resin supply. What an idiot!

 

[Zippy69]

Paul, I'm saving all my di resin for you. I'll give you a bit over a ziplock deep freeze bag at the next meeting or the swap. Go pour some good bourbon on 1 ice cube and marvel at the beauty of the green color on the trees.

Cheers,
Pete

 

[Hawkeye]

I'm not that smart and can't read all those big words, but the picture was very helpful, thanks.

 

[Tazmaniancowboy]

I pulled a real good Homer “D’oh!” today.




I’ve lost about a third of my cationic resin supply. What an idiot!

Paul, I have about half of a five gallon bucket (spent, mixed bed)I have been saving to possibly regenerate someday. You are more than welcome to it. Just let me know.

 

[REEFLECTIONS]

paul you can start a new trend. mineral spirit dosing

 

[TanksNStuff]

Paul, be thankful that you decided to do it in 3 batches, or else you would have ruined it all. See, there's a silver lining in everything!