Home Depot Mag?

[miyags]

Is the 50# bag of Home Depot mag chloride safe to use for my DIY 2 part. If yes, is the recipe 5 cups of mag chloride and 3 cups of epsom salt per gallon of RODI.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

That is the recipe only if you are using a DIY two part of calcium chloride and baking soda.

If you are using something else for calcium and alkalinity, then the ratio is different.

I do not know if the Home Depot product is OK. What brand is it?

 

[miyags]

Trying to make a mag supplement not cal.I don't know how to post a link. The bag just says mag chloride and has a snowflake on it. No brand name.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Just copy the link and paste it into your post.

To be clear, if it is the magnesium supplement that is used in conjunction with a DIY two part, then that is the ratio (5:3)

But if you use some other method (not a DIY two part) to supplement calcium and alkalintiy (such as a CaCO3/CO2 reactor, limewater, or a commercial two part like B-ionic), then the optimal ratio of the two ingredients for a stand alone magnesuum supplement is quite different, about 10:1.

 

[miyags]

(Just copy the link and paste it into your post) Thats what I don't know how to do. The mag would be used in conjunction with the BRS Cal and Alk. I just thought if it was safe to use I'd make a gallon and use the rest of the Mag on my steps and sidewalks. Thank You! for your time.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Yes, but without more detail, we cannot determine if it is safe.

In fact, if it is not MAG flake from the Dead Sea Works, I would look for a different supplier as that is the only brand that I have seen analysis of.