[AT] Phosporic acid and cleaning a gas tank

[charlie hill]

Hi Kyle.  That's good.  Just as long as you know what you are doing.  If not 
you can do a bunch of damage in a hurry as you already know.

Comic side note.  When I was in high school some of my friends got kicked 
out of school for doing something silly.  (no I wasn't among them)  They 
decided to get even with the principal.  They went to his house  one night 
and poured a gallon of muratic acid all over his car that was sitting out on 
the street.  The next morning the windows had fallen out of the car and the 
asphalt under it was in chunks.

The reason I say a comic side note is that the principal never said a word. 
I think he expected someone would mess up his car so he had an old clunker 
that he drove to school and left out on the street.
His good car was safe in his garage.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kyle Sands" <willys_46 at mail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Phosporic acid and cleaning a gas tank


> Charlie - my first experience with muriatic acid gave me a respect for the 
> stuff.  I was derusting some model T parts, forgot about them and came 
> back a month later to find some destroyed (hydrogen embrittled) parts. 
> Thankfully, they weren't critical or rare parts.
>
> I used a 16oz. acid to 4 gallon water solution in this gas tank, so it was 
> pretty week.  Still, given enough time, the acid can do some damage!
>
> Kyle
>
>> Muratic acid is REALLY tough on steel.  You need to make sure you
>> have all off that neutrallized to stop it from eating the metal
>> away.    You might need to get some sort of tank sealer and put in
>> that tank as soon as possible after you get the new accumulation of
>> rust out.
>>
>> Charlie
>
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