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From: laura@hoptoad.uucp (Laura Creighton)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Gas Tank Corrosion
Message-ID: <567@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 05:59:28 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 28 05:59:28 1986
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In article <82800012@convex> wilson@convex.UUCP writes:
>I would get some Muriatic acid (HCl) from a swimming pool supply house
>and give the (inside only, hopefully) tank a rinse with that.  

HCl is Hydrochloric acid.  I don't know whether he really wants
Muriatic Acid -- (I don't even know what it *is* -- and my
Rubber Bible didn't move with me -- curses, another thing to
replace!!)  but if you go to the drug store and ask for HCl you
will get a solution about as strong as vinegar.  Ot at least
that is what you got when I still played with chemistry sets.

I have no idea what HCl (or muriatic acid, for that matter :-) )
will do to your gas tank.  

Laura

ps -- there is alway the chance that Muriatic acid is another name for
HCl that I am unaware of.  Remember how much I know about Muriatic Acid.
If so -- yet another reason I hate chemical nomenclature!!!

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