I feel that's too much lye personally i use less than half of that, actually usually meter the pH, when it hits 13.5 i just stop. Adding lye gives you diminishing return, so you can dump a whole pile of it to go from 13.5 - 13.8, and is ultimately unnecessary.
After two extractions I meter pH again... View MoreI feel that's too much lye personally i use less than half of that, actually usually meter the pH, when it hits 13.5 i just stop. Adding lye gives you diminishing return, so you can dump a whole pile of it to go from 13.5 - 13.8, and is ultimately unnecessary.
After two extractions I meter pH again, and if it drops to like 9-10, then i add more to get it to 12+.
I don't know if this is 100% the right way to do it. But i feel I'm wasting less lye.
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Felt the same. Little more like Facebook than the Nexus (sort of thing I was looking for). But its still nice to pop in now and again. Some groups on here are pretty oriented.