Prefered Brands of HCL and phosphoric acid

 what brands of HCl and phosphoric acid do you recommend  as activator to make cds and what strength/percent of phosphoric acid is used for making cds.

dragon88 wrote:

 what brands of HCl and phosphoric acid do you recommend  as activator to make cds and what strength/percent of phosphoric acid is used for making cds.

I would not use HCL or PA to make CDS, because both will gas into CDS raising the TDS. Instead, use 50% citric acid.

Depending on which method you use to make CDS, the recipe will be different. 

I hope you are using one of the 3 hour Quick CDS methods.