You can also go to a parts store and get battery acid, it has pure sulfuric diluted 3 to 1 in water Battery acid 1/3 sulfuric to 2/3 water then you can calculate how much more water to dilute it further. The last that I bought for my electroplating was like 6.00 for 5 gallons Clint
----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:42 AM Subject: Re: pickle acid > At 12:45 PM 10/2/02 +0100, you wrote: > >Is there any objection or disadvantage to the use of dilute HCl - available > >as brick cleaning acid - as a pickle for boilers, as opposed to the more > >common sulphuric or citric acids? > >Art Walker > > Art, > That's what I have used in the past, but not because it's the best > solution but because it's cheap and available in every hardware shop. The > problem with it in my experience, if it can be called a problem, is that it > tends to spend quickly and must be renewed after a few Ga1 sized boilers. > > > Regards, > Harry Wade > Nashville, Tn >
