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[OT] coca-cola and rust
On 2006-03-25, Pat penned:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote I haven't drunk a Coke (nor any other soft drink, for that matter) since childhood, maybe age 7-8, when I witnessed my father using it to dissolve corrosion around a battery terminal. Pat -- my father did the same thing with a mixture of baking soda and water. I don't think baking soda is that bad for you (and if it is, we'll have to stop eating anything baked!). Would baking soda dissolve the calcium in a water heater? I don't know -- but that's not the example you cited originally! I very rarely drink soda, primarily 7 UP or similar when I have an upset stomach. I don't think soda is particularly good for you. I'm just pointing out that the example of Coke dissolving the battery corrosion isn't necessarily showing that Coke is bad. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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[OT] coca-cola and rust
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 10:18:27 -0600, "Pat"
wrote: Would baking soda dissolve the calcium in a water heater? Nope. You could fill the water heater with vinegar, I suppose. |
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[OT] coca-cola and rust
William Hamblen wrote: Real problems are tooth decay and getting fat, or children substituting soft drinks for milk. We weren't ALLOWED to! (Of course, growing up during the Depression had its advantages - we didn't have much money for such "extras" as soft drinks, whereas milk was considered a necessary food.) -- NewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth |
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[OT] coca-cola and rust
Pat wrote: "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote I haven't drunk a Coke (nor any other soft drink, for that matter) since childhood, maybe age 7-8, when I witnessed my father using it to dissolve corrosion around a battery terminal. Pat -- my father did the same thing with a mixture of baking soda and water. I don't think baking soda is that bad for you (and if it is, we'll have to stop eating anything baked!). Would baking soda dissolve the calcium in a water heater? I suspect the "calcium" in a water heater is a much more complex chemical compound! -- NewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth |
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[OT] coca-cola and rust
Pat wrote:
For calcium deposits, do you use it straight, or can it be diluted some? How long to soak, and is any scrubbing required? I'd like to clear the bottom of My dad soaks shower heads in coke overnight, IIRC. an empty water heater. The Coke can go in through a funnel at the top then I'll turn the thing on its side to drain it. I'd let it soak overnight. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Yowie wrote:
However, it might not be rust, it might be tannin, from the tea. Hmm, I never thought of that. But it makes sense. The drippings on the saucer turn black, and isn't rust, well, rust-colored? then soak the thing overnight in a water with some baking soda in it. I think I might try this first, actually. Nothing to lose. Failing that, it might be just easier and cheaper overall to get a new tea strainer. Well, that's not a bad point either. A set of 3 cost 99 cents! Joyce |
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dnr wrote:
This may seem unsympathic, Joyce....but AFAIC Coke is for drinking! Blecch, not to me! I've always hated sodas (all flavors, except maybe ginger ale, but I don't even like that very much any more). My tea strainer is silver and never gets nasty or rusts. Stainless is also good... If I were you, I'd abandon ship w/that strainer you describe. Yes, well, I will get rid of it if I can't clean it. I'm on a very limited budget, so I go to the dollar store to buy things like tea strainers. At this point I think I've spent more in the cola than on a new strainer, though! Joyce |
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Pat wrote:
But a ceramic teapot. Preheat it with boiling water before you make tea. Pour out the hot water, then add loose tea, then add simmering hot water and let it steep for a while. When you pour the tea, slowly, into cups, the leaves (or flowers, twigs, roots, whatever) will stay in the ceramic pot. No need for a strainer. I have a ceramic teapot. Whenever I pour tea, some leaves always come out into the strainer. Are you saying that pre-heating the pot before making tea will keep the leaves in the pot when you pour the tea? Joyce |
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Adrian A wrote:
I remember one of my sister's school friends put a tooth in a glass of coke, it completely disolved in about a week. Ewwww!! They should have filmed it with a time-lapse camera - that would be good propaganda for a dentist! Joyce |
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[OT] coca-cola and rust
Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
I'm just pointing out that the example of Coke dissolving the battery corrosion isn't necessarily showing that Coke is bad. I thought you were saying the opposite, since you stopped drinking the stuff as a child when you witnessed what it did to the battery corrosion. Joyce |
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