Recharge di resin

[Magickiwi]

Originally Posted by mark

doing this now you got buckets of hazardous chemicals to store or disposal of

To save a few bucks on a DI cartridge...

[cav~firez22]

Originally Posted by Magickiwi

To save a few bucks on a DI cartridge...

No Kidding!!

what does a Di bag cost to refill? 9.99 from BRS? 13.99 from J&L?


hardly seems worth it to go through all that trouble when you can just empty the canister, and replace it with a 13$ bag of nuclear grad DI.......


not sure why you would want to play with Muratic acid and stuff, indoors, let alone with out a respirator on.

To each is own i guess...

[rhody605]

The lye solution is basic. And the muriatic acid is of course acidic. They will neutralize when mixed together. When cleaning up mix everything together.

Me personally I like to tinker with things. So when I see something that can easily be done at home and prevent more stuff going to the landfill and safe some money too. I'm willing to try it. My tds out of the tap is around 230. So I'm using about a pound of resin per 2 months or so.

[Magickiwi]

Originally Posted by rhody605

The lye solution is basic. And the muriatic acid is of course acidic. They will neutralize when mixed together. When cleaning up mix everything together.

Me personally I like to tinker with things. So when I see something that can easily be done at home and prevent more stuff going to the landfill and safe some money too. I'm willing to try it. My tds out of the tap is around 230. So I'm using about a pound of resin per 2 months or so.

So you'd rather dump chemical waste down your drain instead of sending 1lb of beads to the landfill? Even if the chemical reaction is balanced enough that you wind up with a pH neutral solution it is still chemical waste. Sorry man, your logic isn't clear there...

Do as you please but in terms of safety, expense, waste etc. they just don't add up.

[lastlight]

lol ok i just realized we're talking about di resin! all this time i was thinking gfo! yeah there's no way i'd bother recharging di resin. i'm out good luck =)

[rhody605]

Lye is used for making soap and candles. Lots being used all across the country. Why aren't you upset about that too then?

Muriatic acid used for cleaning driveways. And controlling ph for pools.

Why is the use of them for something else so alarming.

$50 to recharge 15Lbs or so of resin is a large savings.