Hey,I'm English and even I know you go to OSH if you want staff who know what they are talking about ;-) Robert G8RPI.
--- On Mon, 22/3/10, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: From: paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP 5065A - phosphoric acid To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Date: Monday, 22 March, 2010, 2:22 Thanks for the heads up. I was wondering if it was a generally available item. Agree with your comments on home depot and lowes. I generally need strange odds and ends and its not worth getting into detail with these guys. Thanks again On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Rex <r...@sonic.net> wrote: > paul swed wrote: > >> Were do you obtain a small amount of phosphoric acid???? >> Also when I looked it up they said it was H3PO4. Doesn't sound like the >> same. >> Is there a common use for it? >> >> >> > I bought a quart a while ago at Home Depot in the paint section. Jasco Prep > and Primer for metal - a liquid. Mostly phosphoric acid but with a few extra > ingredients, I think. Pretty sure it would work ok for solder prep. As > usual, the sales person in the paint section was of no help. I asked for > phosphoric acid and got a blank stare; explained it is use to prep metal for > painting. Still, "no, I don't think we have that." I did an extensive search > myself and found it on a shelf. I showed the sales guy and got a > disinterested, "oh." > > If you live in a hard water area, it will also remove heavy scale deposits > in sinks, showers, etc. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
