Universal pH Test Paper Experiment
Universal pH test paper is a qualitative pH test strip that gives you approximate pH values of a solution. Typically, with Universal pH test strips, you don’t get an exact pH value. Or at least, [...]
Meet Our Team: Federico and Maribel Aguilera
Meet Maribel and Federico Aguilera, the dream team. This husband and wife duo oversees production of all our products. They are exemplary employees to say the least, and they keep production running like a well-oiled [...]
Holiday Chemistry: DIY pH Paper
We’re dreaming of a scientific Christmas, and nothing screams holiday chemistry more than making your own pH paper from a Poinsettia. Yeah, we’re excited, so put on those ugly Christmas sweaters and get in the [...]
Litmus Paper pH Experiments
Litmus paper is a staple of our company. It was the first test paper we made back in 1932, and it’s one we still make today. And trust us when we tell you, we make [...]
Meet Our Team: Karen Christy
Meet Karen Christy, director of all things Precision Europe. Karen has been running Precision Europe since the office opened in 2012, but even before that, she worked for Precision by building its international and specifically, [...]
Blogiversary
Today marks the day of two years of blogging. Let’s take a beat for a minute. Step back and think about that. We have provided you with 104 posts full of scientific, technical, and sometimes, [...]
How Do I Use And Read Your Fluoride Test Strips?
We always love getting good technical questions from our customers that let us know how we can improve our products and further help our customers in understanding our products. We received this urgent request from [...]
Is it Necessary to Perform Positive and Negative Controls with Test Strips?
Today’s question comes from David: “I am wondering what validation protocols you would recommend for your test strip products. Is it necessary to perform positive and negative controls every time a strip is used or [...]
Meet Our Team: Dr. Eva Hrbotická
Meet Dr. Eva Hrbotická, our brilliant and insanely talented chemist. Eva has been developing test strips for Precision since 1995. Her research and development lab is located in Brno, in the Czech Republic. Eva is [...]
What’s the Difference Between Thiourea and PTC Taste Test Papers?
“I am testing for bitterness tasting, and I need to know what the difference is between Thiourea and Phenylthiourea (PTC) paper strips. Can you help?” -Artur Great question Artur. We get this question a lot, [...]
The Friends in Fido’s Fur
Around here, we love dogs, and many of us have at least one furry, four-legged friend at home, if not more. We all know our dogs are probably covered in bacteria, just like we are. [...]
Sensitivity of the Ammonia Leak Detection Cloth
Occasionally, we get customer inquiries that require us to do a little digging and experimenting. We love these questions! It teaches us more about our products and how they’re used. Here’s an example of a [...]