2011-01-03 01:11:04.970156+01 by Dan Lyke 2 comments
Crafts with Dan: "Our paper is too pulpy. Commercially, they use sodium hydroxide to break down fibers, but I'm not sure what's in our drain cleaner... Hey, I know, if we heat baking soda we can drive off a carbon atom and end up with sodium carbonate, which'll kick our pH off the high end of the scale..."
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#Comment Re: made: 2011-01-03 17:42:06.895143+01 by: Dan Lyke
So I didn't think it'd be *that* caustic, but I should have rinsed my hand off better after I splashed some of the resulting solution on it. Anyway, the pulp is marinating...
#Comment Re: made: 2011-01-03 15:13:19.229539+01 by: petronius
Tomorrow's headline:
"Experimental papermaker accidently creates synthetic lifeform, Bay Area quarentined"