(giving+rep to the best answer) raising your ph with household stuff

[dimebagdan]

i dont think he was serious man...

started typing before his last post.

 

[dimebagdan]

started typing before his last post.

i laugh now but he really pissed me off. lol i thought he was serious. battery fucking acid haha

 

[floridasucks]

i laugh now but he really pissed me off. lol i thought he was serious. battery fucking acid haha

well if my plants came out like the one in your avatar i would be pissed when people say shit like that too...

no offence to your avatar...

 

[hom36rown]

I thought battery acid was alkaline?

Actual battery acid is sulfuric acid. Sometimes people call the stuff that comes out of alkaline batteries battery acid, but actually it is potassium hydroxide, a base.

 

[floridasucks]

am i wrong that alkaline means the same as base?

 

[dimebagdan]

well if my plants came out like the one in your avatar i would be pissed when people say shit like that too...

no offence to your avatar...

you must know me. yeah i take offence when someone busts on my avatar. just kidding i didnt grow that piece of shit.if i did i dam sure wont be proud. althought you could just get a dime off it.

 

[WoldofWeedcraft]

Actual battery acid is sulfuric acid. Sometimes people call the stuff that comes out of alkaline batteries battery acid, but actually it is potassium hydroxide, a base.

Yea I figured it out. hehe

 

[jollytime]

What type of tester are you useing?

 

[hom36rown]

am i wrong that alkaline means the same as base?

Sortof. Not all bases are alkaline.

 

[floridasucks]

you must know me. yeah i take offence when someone busts on my avatar. just kidding i didnt grow that piece of shit.if i did i dam sure wont be proud. althought you could just get a dime off it.

just curious.. why would you have that sickly thing as your avatar anyway?

 

[floridasucks]

lesson learned...

[edit] Confusion between alkali and base

The terms "base" and "alkali" are often used interchangeably, particularly outside of a scientific context, but they do not have the same meaning. While all alkaline solutions are basic, not all bases are alkaline.
The following are common mistakes:

• The phrase "measuring the alkalinity of soil" is incorrect since the property measured is actually the pH (base property).
• Calling bases that are not alkalis, such as ammonia, alkaline (ammonia is a base but not an alkali).

Also, not all salts formed by alkali metals are alkaline; this designation applies only to those salts that are basic. And while most electropositive metal oxides are basic, only the soluble alkali metal and alkaline earth metal oxides can be correctly called alkalis.
This definition of an alkali as a basic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal is the most common, based on dictionary definitions [1][2], however conflicting definitions of the term alkali do exist. These include:

• Any base that is water-soluble and [3][4] In chemistry, this is more accurately called an Arrhenius base.
• The solution of a base in water [5]. This would be an Arrhenius base in solution.

 

[haze2]

Im pretty late for the thread but PH up baking soda and PH down white vinegar.