I have zero background in any science fields and barely passed my Chemistry Regents but can cobble together, with my limited brain capacity, what everyone is trying to express that BCW is clearly not getting.
No confusing numbers or fancy words needed. The Gerber boards don't show acid absorption because they work better, for a longer period of time, than your boards do. If you extend the time period of the study to X years eventually the Gerber boards will have a high acid ph like yours did in a much shorter period. That's all that is needed folks.
You actually need more, ok. If I took two boards, one with no coating and your board with coating, and compared them in 6 months, and the results showed the uncoated board as having a high acid ph and your coated board was still neutral would that mean the uncoated board was working better than the coated, which is your contention, or would it show that your coated board was still absorbing acid effectively hence the neutral ph, which is everyone else's contention?
I have no horse in this race one way or another but if you come on here and try to defend yourselves by repeating what is clearly an illogical conclusion, you are turning me off by insulting my intelligence. I actually use your boards for my everyday books but since you refuse to recognize your place in the hierarchy of archival protection, maybe I'll switch.