In article >, Lou Decruss > wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:14:46 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:
>
>> blake wrote on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:47:15 GMT:
>>
>> ??>> blake murphy wrote:
>> ??>>
>> ??>>> no, but i will. i just bought a bottle of cheap white
>> ??>>> vinegar (ostensibly to clean the microwave), but haven't
>> ??>>> deployed it yet.
>> ??>>>
>> ??>> Pickling vinegar might work better. It is a lot stronger.
>> ??>> The cheap stuff is diluted.
>> ??>>
>> bm> it's standard white vinegar, store brand, diluted to five
>> bm> percent acidity. i can't say that i recall seeing
>> bm> 'pickling vinegar' at the store.
>>
>>If you need more acid strength than regular vinegar, you can buy
>>muriatic acid (hydrochloric) at a hardware store. Don't use
>>much, wear gloves and wash off with lots of water. A short
>>contact is not that dangerous to skin but I'd also use goggles
>>to avoid getting it in my eyes.
>
>BAD BAD BAD advice. It will discolor the faucet, and unless you have
>a very strong cross breeze you'll be running out of the house. Blake
>is in a wheelchair. BAD BAD BAD advice!!!!!!!!!

Dunno about you folk in the USA, but here in Oz you could damn near
drink any HCl you can buy in household retail outlets. Now, if
you were talking conc H2SO4 or fuming HNO3 from a lab supply company,
I'd have to agree :-)

Cheers, Phred.

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