Yup, you are correct. They're the same family, displaced by one protonation step (sorry,but I'm a chemist). Soda ash is sodium carbonate and baking soda is sodium bicarbonate. The bicarb (NaHCO3) should be even milder as an abrasive since the density is slightly less. Na2CO3 is slightly more more dense and more basic, so it prolly cuts the grease better. Cool, I learn something every day!
Jason
Zerhackermann . wrote:
Umm it's not baking soda. similar but it is specifically for blasting.