I have been annoyed with my recepie, I do use a scale and still result varies.
Today when walking home something hit me about the mix of baking soda and citric acid, how it can become carbonic acid. My thought is that sometimes the reaction can start even if recepie is followed, therefor make the mix more acid than itended, and even make it become increasing acid over time.
Thoughts:
What use is the baking soda and citric acid. Do each of them add something to the mix or is it the combination or maybe both as mix and as separated ingridients. So today I decided to test one theory that it actually is the reaction making carbonic acid that reacts with the mix.
Reaction and result seem to prove that my theory at least partly is correct. The mix somehow lost some of its ability to make many large bubbles in a row, tested one mix without sugar and it was little less selfhealing going from really large to splitting up, popped instead.
Test:
Used just a little baking soda in the water, 1.2 liter, that I mix with Natrosol. Then added a tablespoon of carbonated water, homemade with Sodastreamer.
In my bucket I added 5.5 liters of water then added 0.5dl of carbonated water, still homemade, making it 6.6 liter. This kept the water at pH 6.5ish. In this I mixed the Natrosol solution when It had set for an hour.
I took out ~2.6 liters of the finished mix and added 100 grams of sugar, I cant say it did any difference so will have to update on that next time and then film it so I can see how it really looks.
One thing is sure, carbonated water really lovers the pH, 1 tablespoone will make 150 ml, depending on your own water ofc, ml below pH 4.5 and to get it up to 6.5 it needs at least +150 ml. So if going for this make sure you can test your pH.
Well this is my test and recepie trial for today.
Please comment and share thoughts.