[Jewelry making - Article 01011] - Re: [Orchid] TSP the same as trisodium phosphate?

[Margaret Malm]

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    Well,  Sharron, while TSP is a quite common "abreviation" for
    trisodium phosphate, it definitely *is not* the same as sodium
    metasilicate. On the other hand, the sodium metasilicate might have
    been added to their cleaner, in addition to the TSP, to give it more
    scouring power. Or possibly it is there as an impurity in large
    enough quantity to require listing on the label. Why don't you check
    the rest of the label (other than the warnings) and see if trisodium
    phosphate is its main constituent, as it should be? If it is not,
    then there is something suspicious going on. 

    I think I would be just a bit leery of using it in Prips. 

Margaret


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