[TheForge] Re: removing silver from a mirror

[Mike Spencer]

Andy> I thought     hydroflouric...

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                 That's -fluoric 
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and it eats glass.  And, IIRC, a spill on the skin will soak in to the
tissues, penetrate to the bones and begin to devour them.  In
concentrated form at least, this is really bad stuff.

Andy> ... and phosphoric both eat glass.

Um, I don't think so.  They put phosphoric acid in soda pop.  I had
thought this was a thing of the long past but ca. 1994 I bought a can of
(Jolt? I forget) cola in Boston and  phosphoric acid was listed in the
ingredients. 

Canned corn eats glass.  A mason jar used for canning fresh corn will,
if stored for a year or three, show etched frosting on the glass.

Andy> Am I stoned?

I dunno.  How many fingers am I holding up?

- Mike

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