Reverse engineering a liquid
Reverse engineering a liquid
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DSLiverpool

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16,107 posts

225 months

Friday 26th September 2025
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Can anyone recommend a lab that can take a liquid and analyse it so we can improve the formula?

I’ve seen several in China but prefer Uk

BlindedByTheLights

1,945 posts

120 months

Friday 26th September 2025
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Have a chat with these guys, if they can’t I’m sure they’ll advise who can:

https://www.dekra.com/en/laboratory-services/

DSLiverpool

Original Poster:

16,107 posts

225 months

Friday 26th September 2025
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Cheers

48k

16,319 posts

171 months

Friday 26th September 2025
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Coming soon... DS Cola ?

DSLiverpool

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16,107 posts

225 months

Friday 26th September 2025
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48k said:
Coming soon... DS Cola ?
I’d never do anything people ingest, can’t be an accidental poisoners assistant.
I’m looking at stuff to reverse engineer.

jimmyjimjim

8,050 posts

261 months

Friday 26th September 2025
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This makes me think of the 2000's capacitor plague.

Ham_and_Jam

3,389 posts

120 months

Friday 26th September 2025
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DSLiverpool said:
Can anyone recommend a lab that can take a liquid and analyse it so we can improve the formula?

I ve seen several in China but prefer Uk
Whilst its very easy to analyse a substance, being able to recreate it is a totally different game depending on what it is.

I spent many years working in a laboratory and then in R&D.

There is as much intellectual property in the process as in the ingredients, so knowing what’s in it may not really give you the final product.


macron

12,765 posts

189 months

Friday 26th September 2025
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Any university!

DSLiverpool

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16,107 posts

225 months

Saturday 27th September 2025
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Thanks chaps, it’s a cleaning fluid with one ingredient that makes it really good - I’m looking for that key ingredient.

JoshSm

3,509 posts

60 months

Saturday 27th September 2025
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DSLiverpool said:
Thanks chaps, it s a cleaning fluid with one ingredient that makes it really good - I m looking for that key ingredient.
Guess it's nothing too clever or it'd be on the MSDS.

Ham_and_Jam

3,389 posts

120 months

Saturday 27th September 2025
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DSLiverpool said:
Thanks chaps, it s a cleaning fluid with one ingredient that makes it really good - I m looking for that key ingredient.
Is it just one ingredient or one ingredient declared on the MSDS?