I am following your tan recipe . The strips give alkalinity and PH . Your instructions are for between 1 & 2 PH . This hot tub test bottle and strips show PH starting at 6.2 to 9.0 The color after I lip is a lighter color than 6.2 and above the 6.2 the colors get darker so I assume the PH is less than 6.2 but I do not see any way to tell what the lower number is ? The grid for alkalinity starts at 0 (olive green ) and gets a darker green from 40 thru 120 . The test strip shows for the alk is slightly darker green than the olive green for 0 .Appears that the alk is slightly more than 0 .Is this OK .

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He’s probably out on the line and will answer when he has time he’s having fun and I’m doing chores

I dont know what a hot tub test bottle is.

Am I supposed to test for PH or alkalinity?

I believe you are greatly confused as to what the PH scale is. You need to do some research on PH .

Why do you say that? The PH scale goes from 0-14, however, the test strips he bought for testing the PH in hotubs only test from 6.2-9.0.

I don't think he sounds that confused, I think he just needs to order some different litmus paper.

This is why I think he is confused.
The PH scale goes from 0 to 14.

Plus he asks if he is testing for PH or alkalinity. That question makes no sense.

You need a PH meter or Full Scale PH paper. The Hot Tub paper did not work for me when I tried tanning . Good Luck.

Sure it does. They are two different measures. PH is a measurement of the acidity of the solution. Alkalinity is a measurement of how likely the PH is to change. The range for testing for alkalinity is 0-100 and is measured in ppm.

I thought alkalinity was the opposite of acidic 1 thru 6 being acidic. Seven being neutral. Eight to 14 being alkaline. Same measurement different end of the scale.

Trying to upload picture of the container with the test strips .I think the strips I bought are not going to work to read PH below 6.2 . The ones I got are for hot tubs. $13 bucks down the drain !

I went to 5 places to buy this stuff ,4 places looked at me like I was from Mars the 5th place sells me some stuff for Yuppies laying in a outdoor bathtub .

F&T sells the litmus paper you need. It's in the tanning supply section.

Or it's very cheap on amazon... litmus paper

Thanks ,now to get the oil Boco recommends .I already have the pelt in the pickle ,I hope it is OK as I do not know what the PH is but I will go ahead with the tan recipe as per the thread he posted .I ordered the litmus .

Gordons foods has them,

I got the test strips today .PH was 4 in the pickle and 6 in the tan . I do not know what the beaver pelt will be like ? Wait and see I am following the recipe .took it out of the tan this morning . Got the strips in the afternoon .

If Boco wasnt so good, It would be easier to pick on him......

Unlike some of you///

Your pickle should be between 1 and no higher than 2

Your tan should be 4 to 4.5
Looks like you need to adjust both with a little acidity.
Did you leave some soap in the pelts,soap is alkali and will bugger up the ph.