Lye / Sodium Hydroxide Alternatives?

[triaxiom]

Suggestions?

Not calcium hydroxide.

Soda Ash?

 

[fractals4life]

Perhaps telling us why you don't want lye or calcium hydroxide would be a good place to start finding a suitable alternative?

 

[triaxiom]

Perhaps telling us why you don't want lye or calcium hydroxide would be a good place to start finding a suitable alternative?

Always feels to me irrespective of amount of washes, there's always a harshness to the resultant smoke when used as an e-juice.

I'm attributing the harshness to the lye as that harshness is mitigated by the amount of washes, but never entirely.

 

[TransistorBass]

Have you tried adding Citric Acid to your DMT e-juice? You can carefully add it to neutralise or nearly neutralise the Freebase, you end up with a slightly tangy lemon character to it. You'll need to get some PH Test Strips 6.4-8.0 so you can aim for pH7, don't add too much Citric Acid like I did the first time and make yourself feel tangy for about 2-3 days!!!

I think I made 3ml of Juice with 800mg Spice and 100mg Citric Acid and got about 7.5pH which was loads less harsh on the lips, throat and lungs. Grind the Citric crystals nice and fine before mixing.

 

[bezevo]

if you did everything right there should be zero lye left , for peace of mind you could do a simple water wash of the napth before freeze precip
just an idea