Yeah, I wondered too about folk using coke as a rust remover. More effective to get some Naval Jelly as a phosphoric acid source. btw, sodium bicarb. (baking soda) will makes a mildly alkaline, not acidic, solution. For safe (ie not using muriatic acid), de-liming, that CLR stuff is pretty good. Its a mix of a few mild organic acids, and removes rust stains too (but does not do the latter as well as the more toxic oxalic acid).
alistair
On 17-May-11, at 8:47 AM, mcneely4@COX.NET wrote: > Thanks Alistair. I should have remembered that, but haven't looked > at a soft drink label in a while. Seems odd to me that folks would > use a sugared drink for things like cleaning battery terminals and > brackets, but I know people who do. Why not just use something that > is less messy? Like a little baking soda in water, which is plenty > acidic for the purpose. Deliming is another matter, the lime > requires a more acidic material. mcneely > > ---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >> the carbonic acid produced as a result of carbonation of the soda >> pales in comparison to the phosphoric acid added to coke. There might >> be some citric added to coke, but the acid is mostly phosphoric. >> >> alistair >> >> On 17-May-11, at 6:31 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote: >> >>> ---- BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>> Please get it right. Not Coke. >>>> >>>> Diet Coke with Lime. Whatever chemical they are using to mimic >>>> lime, I'm addicted to it. Makes my water taste great. Of course my >>>> water comes in 12oz. cans with poptabs. >>> >>> So far as the coke (whatever additional flavors) being a good >>> solvent (for lime of the hard variety for that matter ;-) ), so >>> would any other soft drink be. The carbonation is acidic, of >>> course, plus they use citric acid (says on the label, "for >>> tartness"). For all I know (I don't drink sodas, so don't have any >>> handy to check) there is extra citric acid in the citrus flavors >>> compared to regular. >>> >>> Hi Jeff. enjoy. >>> >>> mcneely >> > > -- > David McNeely |
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