[modeleng] Re: pickling acids suppliers
- From: "Tony Wells" <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 12:52:37 -0000
White vinegar is acetic acid, and of higher concentration than the brown
sort and is also widely available. Would that be any good for pickling at
all? I know that the vinegar in sauce and ketchup cleans copper coins up
beautifully from when I was a kid.
Tony Wells.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Dayman" <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:23 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: pickling acids suppliers
> Hi Dave,
>
> Can't help you with an exact source, but can give some ideas as to who
> uses
> H2SO4 commercially.
>
> -forklift truck battery service and sales firms
> -some car garages still have it for car batteries
> -stove/fireplace foundries, sheetmetal shops and ironworks use it for
> cleaning castings and steel sheet
> -chemical supply firms should have it.
>
> On this list I remember pickling has come up several times and citric acid
> was mentioned as easier to get than sulfuric, and works nearly as well.
> Brewers and brewery/winemaking supply firms will have citric acid.
>
> Good luck, Jeff Dayman Waterloo Ontario Canada
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