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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Paul Evans on September 10, 2011, 12:04:07 pm

Title: Sod Met
Post by: Paul Evans on September 10, 2011, 12:04:07 pm

Hi All

Is it the food grade stuff everyone uses

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/500g-Sodium-Metabisulphite-food-grade-high-purity-/320732894619?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item4aad2b959b#ht_3526wt_1139

Or is there something else. Gonna get me self some for a practise at home.

Cheers Paul

Title: Re: Sod Met
Post by: AshWhite on September 10, 2011, 04:58:27 pm

That's the one. Just to warn you, it STINKS! It's like a 100 stray dogs took turns peeing on your carpet, not pleasant!

Title: Re: Sod Met
Post by: Paul Evans on September 10, 2011, 05:16:17 pm

Cheers Ash

Title: Re: Sod Met
Post by: PaulKing on September 10, 2011, 05:41:43 pm

someone must have worked it out is it that much cheaper to buy it in that coffee stain remover form chemspec or such?

Title: Re: Sod Met
Post by: Buckland on September 10, 2011, 06:41:38 pm

In the listing on ebay it says:

Sodium metabisulfite exists in both food-grade and non-food-grade forms. The non-food-grade form is an industrial bleaching and reducing agent; it is also used to remove excess chlorine from drinking water and as a photographic developing and fixing bath agent.

Pure-domestic-chemistry are offering food grade so it would appear from this it is not the real mccoy - is there a chemist in da house...

no not presently but I have a feeling one will be along shortly

Title: Re: Sod Met
Post by: Paul Evans on September 11, 2011, 11:54:53 am

So

Is it the food grade sod met  ???

Or the non food grade sod met.  ???

That the CCs are using

Cheers Paul

Title: Re: Sod Met
Post by: Doug Holloway on September 11, 2011, 12:33:16 pm

Hi guys

Food grade will be more pure which won't make any difference to us but will be more expensive.

remember adding citric acid will speed up reaction.

Cheers

Doug

Title: Re: Sod Met
Post by: Paul Evans on September 11, 2011, 12:38:02 pm

Cheers Doug,

Got some on order.

Paul