[modeleng] Re: Boiler descaling
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 08:11:54 -0800 (PST)
Dave, if I correctly remember my high school Chemistry
from 50+ years ago, when water is mixed with Carbon
Dioxide under pressure, as in the manufacture of soft
drinks, a weak solution of Carbonic Acid is formed,
not Phosphoric, which is some very mean stuff.
Al Messer
--- Dave Beaman <davebeaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Pickling, .......... 16pence a bottle of coke from
> Lidls............ Silver
> solders brill after just a scrape over!!
>
> Does anyone actually drink this garbage?
>
> If I asked anyone on this list to drink Phosphoric
> acid, would they?
> NFC
>
> Thats what coke is and a wonderful pickling bath it
> makes at 16p a bottle
> erm
> is it still bicarb to neutralise it??
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "I.D.PRIEST." <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 7:09 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Boiler descaling
>
>
> No but I might be pickling on it !
>
> Even more tongue in cheek
>
> Regards IDP
>
> "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
> intention of arriving
> safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but
> rather to skid in
> sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in
> the other,
> body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
> screaming WOO HOO - What a
> Ride!"
>
> "Never drive faster than your gaurdian angel can
> fly"
>
> Priest & Sons Model Engineers
> http://www.kinvermes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/p1.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Pagett" <john_pagett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:49 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Boiler descaling
>
>
> Ian,
> You wouldn't be picking on Kenny's spelling would
> you?
>
> According to dictionary.com,
>
> as·cet·ic
> 1. a person who dedicates his or her life to a
> pursuit of
> contemplative ideals and practices extreme
> self-denial or self-mortification
> for religious reasons.
>
> whereas
>
> a·ce·tic
> pertaining to, derived from, or
> producing vinegar or acetic
> acid.
>
>
>
> Tongue firmly in cheek,
>
> JohnP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "I.D.PRIEST." <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 8:44 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Boiler descaling
>
>
> Kenny,
>
> I assume you mean de-scaling! Citric acid is okay
> as is Ascetic just let
> it do its stuff and wash out well afterwards. I
> know of one model engineer
> who treats his feed water by adding a tea spoon of
> Ascetic acid to every
> tender full of water. Never tried it myself but the
> M.E. in question swears
> by it. His exhaust steam stinks a bit though.
>
> Regards,
>
> IDP
>
> "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the
> intention of arriving
> safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but
> rather to skid in
> sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in
> the other,
> body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
> screaming WOO HOO - What a
> Ride!"
>
> "Never drive faster than your gaurdian angel can
> fly"
>
> Priest & Sons Model Engineers
> http://www.kinvermes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/p1.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kenny.macdougall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 7:42 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Boiler descaling
>
>
> Hi All what would you recommend for boiler decaling
> kenny
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