Boric Acid?

[CarlD]

I'm not sure about anything. Hence thinking washing soda lowers ph.

Nope. It RAISES pH.

Anyhow, I can just throw it out I guess.

Since you have NO idea what it all is, you may want to find a hazardous waste disposal depot and bring it there. You can't just chuck dangerous chemicals in the trash, generally.

I'm am using Borax to raise my ph, unsuccessfully so far. Hopefully that's the correct thing to do.

That is correct. You aren't using enough.

Since I already bought some washing soda (sodium carbonate), can use that with the Borax to raise my PH?

I would not mix them. But you can use them alternately to raise your pH--Borax one day, washing soda the next. WS will raise your Total Alkalinity as well. See the Alkalinity forum.

[iardon]

Since you have NO idea what it all is, you may want to find a hazardous waste disposal depot and bring it there. You can't just chuck dangerous chemicals in the trash, generally.

Sure. I'll be taking them to one of my local fire departments that take paint and stuff that the garbage people won't take.

Thanks for the info.