In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2006-03-16, OmManiPadmeOmelet > wrote:
>
> > Just BE CAREFUL!
>
> > Muriatic is strong Hydrochloric acid...
>
> Yeah, I know.
>
> It's used extensively in the swimming pool biz. Pool deck builders
> use it to remove grout and cement and such from tiles and clean pool
> plaster. Between the gunite dust and acid fumes, I'm lucky to have
> survived my youth.
>
> nb

Heh, I understand.
Yes, Muriatic is sold cheapest by the gallon at swimming pool supply
stores. Mom and I bought a couple of cases of it when we were cleaning
quartz crystals we dug up at the crystal mines in Hot Springs Arkansas.

They are coated with Iron oxide initially. The acid soaks take it off
perfectly and we were using 5 gallon buckets (outdoors of course!) so
needed a lot of it.
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson