On Sun, 11 Jun 1995, thom "Dr. Phibes" fitzpatrick wrote:

> 	
> 	I have 2 acid baths, in 40qt tubs (with lids) one is Hydrocloric
> Acid and the other Phosphoric.  I put the really rusty stuff in the
> HCL first, and then in the phosphoric bath.  This last weekend I cleaned
> up some wheels I bought for my SO's BMW at the junkyard, soaking them
> in the phosphoric bath for about 3 hours each, and they cleaned up like
> new!
> 

Geez Thom, what conc. of acid are you using?
Neutralize with plenty of water or an alkaline soln?

And I thought I was the only nut on the list that used HCl at home (great
for getting hard water deposits off just about anything)

Alistair