Date:         Mon, 16 May 2011 16:01:04 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Water tank
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Yeah, but muriatic acid is so useful around the workshop. Its 10 bucks
for 4 litres around here, lumber supply store, and you can use it to
clean and etch things hard :)

Another dangerous but useful acid I have found locally is an aluminium
cleaner that has hydrofluoric acid in it. Its a great paint prep for Al.

alistair



alistair


On 16-May-11, at 3:46 PM, mcneely4@COX.NET wrote:

> Acetic acid (strong vinager) or citric acid will give similar
> results as muriatic acid (concentrated HCl), but with a little less
> toxicity.  They can still burn, but the straight stuff from the
> store (20% acetic acid if you can find agricultural vinager -- try
> an agricultural supply store) or citric acid crystals (sold by
> restaurant supply vendors or online from bulkfoods.com) is nicer to
> work with than is muriatic acid.   mcneely
>
> ---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>> if bleach didn't work, then try HCl (muriatic acid) if you dare. I
>> did, and it cleaned up some bleach resistant deposits. I used a
>> diluted soln.
>>
>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/westy-water-tank-cleaning/
>>
>>
>>
>> alistair
>>
>>
>> On 16-May-11, at 1:12 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
>>
>>> Vanners,
>>>
>>> I put a Westy interior in my 87. The water tastes pretty bad. I
>>> tried a half
>>> cup of baking soda, filling it up and letting it sit for a couple of
>>> days.
>>> After rinsing out still pretty bad.
>>>
>>> Any ideas for cleaning out the bad taste?
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike
>
> --
> David McNeely