7. about 1/3 cup iodized salt 8. 4 capfuls sulfuric acid (Available as liquid drain cleaner.) OR muriatic acid (Also sold at hardware stores usually found around the paint section) 9. Denatured alcohol or Isopropyl alcohol 99% 10. 1/8 cup of distilled water (Poland Spring or any bottled water can also be used)
3. Preparation 1. Take the 20oz lid and cut a hole in it big enough to fit the aquarium tubing. It should be snug. 2. Cut one of the 2-liters in half. Discard the top. 3. Crush the pills into a fine powder. Use a coffee grinder, blender, or if worse comes to worse, hand crush them with a pair of pliers or something. Put the powder into a baggie. The beauty of "shake n bake" is you don't have to clean your pills to extract PSE. Just crush and toss in! 4. Measure out and crush the ammonium nitrate (optional). If it is dry enough, go ahead and crush it. Not important that you do this, though. It helps ensure even cooking, but is not imperative. Put it in a baggie. (ammonia nitrate is extremely hygroscopic once crushed)