Phillip, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) will now lower pH, it raises it. He's looking for soldium bisulphate. - Erik On Fri, 1 May 1998, Phillip J Ryti wrote: > > On Fri, 1 May 1998 16:43:27 +0100 (British Summer Time) Ken Laidlaw > K.Laidlaw@roe.ac.uk> writes: > > I notice David Soares uses the above chemical to lower pH. > Anyone any idea where to buy this and does it have a common > name (e.g. mag sulphate = Epsom salts)? Also are it's > effects permanent and are there any side-effects? > > Thanks, > Ken. > > Try Baking Soda at the grocery store. Works great but regulate its use in > small > doses. > > Phil Ryti > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - --- Erik Olson eriko at wrq.com