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BigWapiti:

--- Quote from: El Destructo on December 07, 2008, 04:09:40 pm ---Is it Dolomitic Limestone or just Dolomite???
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Curiosity has been killing me - here is what it says on the bag in terms of ingredients:

Calcium Carbonate CaCO3 - 50%
Magnesium Carbonate MgCO3 - 40%
Calcium Ca - 22%
Magnesium Mg = 13%

Think it would have worked, harmed it or not made a difference?  maybe a good mix of all? heh.

Just curious - as I have nothing else to do w/ this stuff - we're already in a very alkaline soil area.

-m

D. Tiller:
Lye = sodium hydroxide. I have a ton of it! Only way to make soap. Just make sure you use gloves and eye protection and remember the mantra.... Hydroxide into water! The other way is explosive and you will have sodium hydroxide burns all over ya! Be carefull and be safe! I have been burned by sodium hydroxide before and man does it burn if it gets in an open cut!!!! :o

BigWapiti:
ooh, that sounds like good advice...  i'd not though of doing it in a particular order... yikes

BigWapiti:
I'm not finding Calcium Hydroxide (Lime) nor Lye... grocery stores look at me like I might be the shoe bomber or something...   crap.  I ended up putting it back in Dolomite Lime for sake of making progress on this skin.

help??  It can't be this difficult - everyone seems to tell me both are easy to get a hold of???

Auggie:
You might want to try your lumber yard or masonary(brick layer,concrete) for some lime. Just tell them its not for bombs,jujst that your trying to keep the dead body smell down........just kiddin,mule team 20 borax is supposed to work,Ive used lye myself. Cheak the search option here on the the borax,theres a post here somewhere on using it to work hides.

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