The 3% stuff has lots of stabilizers in it so its shelf stable, i wouldnt use it but that's me. The higher concentrations (29%+) of h2o2 are more stable so it doesnt need stabilizers.
ah ok so the idea here is to do a reaction wash like washing produce. The problem with MJ is that its not like a skinned fruit but has huge surface area and will retain solids. Sodium citrate will be a solid precipitate on the surface in the nooks and crannies. Even multi water washing wont remove all of it as its gonna precipitate on surfaces into compounds that would take physical scrubbing to remove, IE scale. Granted if you dont use alot of baking soda (or any), this wont be much of an issue unless your water is really hard. Perhaps Sodium citrate makes the smoke smoother?
My training is as a botanist but i only play a chemist at work and on TV. I always try to think more like a chef than a chemist. I often use the grocery store as my reactant source vs lab grade.
i manicured down from standing to final trim on sticks in one fell swoop, about 5z dried. Then i dunked in ~1cup ($0.75) with cheapo fake lemon juice previously mentioned in about 4gal of RO water. I just didnt want to do the baking soda. Dunked for about 5 min, couldnt see much floating but its a bit cloudy from the juice and it was already finally manicured so cleaned up pretty good already. after a x2 water wash with RO water, i laid out on paper to dry before hanging them on the drying rack which are hanging circles. I could tell the product had a brighter, citric note to it after treatment. I will have to wait to test it against her sisters, i suppose i will report back.
