[TheForge] Re: removing silver from a mirror

[Andy Vida]

Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
> Andy> I thought     hydroflouric...
> 
> [NITPICK on]
>                  That's -fluoric
> [NITPICK off]

	Hey, my dog's dying of cancer, cut me some spelling slack. :)
> 
> 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.

	Didn't know that about absorption, but I did know it's badass.
> 
> Andy> ... and phosphoric both eat glass.
> 
> Um, I don't think so.

	Wasn't too sure about that one, but it still seems to ring some
	sort of bell.

>  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.

	That is what gives cola that je ne cais quoi (sp??).
> 
> 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?

	Ummmm.... eleven?