doing a search came up with this company http://www.thechemicalshop.com/ so it may help others looking around too Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Wells" <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:52 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: pickling acids suppliers > 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 > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.