How do you mix your alk & cal?

[Pvtgloss]

I use the brs sada ash and calcium chloride pouches and mix them in brs mixing jugs. Sometimes I have to do a lot of shaking and let them still for a while.
I'm just wondering what everyone else's procedure is.

 

[Biokabe]

I use the BRS mixing jugs, but a while back I picked up some lab-grade glass stirring rods for exactly this purpose. I tried the shaking and resting and it was just a giant pain, but with the glass rods it's just like mixing anything else up. They're also handy for any other kind of mixing you might need to do.

 

[cilyjr]

Heat the water first.

 

[Pvtgloss]

I use the BRS mixing jugs, but a while back I picked up some lab-grade glass stirring rods for exactly this purpose. I tried the shaking and resting and it was just a giant pain, but with the glass rods it's just like mixing anything else up. They're also handy for any other kind of mixing you might need to do.

I have a magnetic stirrer, I wonder if it would be worth throwing a stir pill in there.

Heat the water first.

I might try that. Do you microwave the water?

 

[cilyjr]

I have a magnetic stirrer, I wonder if it would be worth throwing a stir pill in there.

I might try that. Do you microwave the water?

Nope just on the stove top. I use 2 part very seldom so I don't make it often. But I make a gallon and let sit.