cleaning solutions

skamin · #1 11/09/2006, 04:41 PM

Can you please recommend a cleaning solution for cleaning equipment, glass and acrylic? I have heard people of using vinegar/water mixtures and also some type of acid.
I just don't want to damage any of my stuff by using the wrong stuff.

Thanks for you help.

Stan

Randy Holmes-Farley · #2 11/09/2006, 06:35 PM

To clean out calcium carbonate deposits, I'd soak things in straight vinegar or muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid) diluted 1 part acid into 10 parts water. Soak until the deposits are gone (1 h - a few days)

Bleach will clean out organics. Dilute it into 10 parts or so of fresh water.

Rinse well between and after these treatments.

Fishbulb2 · #3 11/09/2006, 06:41 PM

What section of home depot should one look for muriatic acid?
Thanks,
FB

SA057 · #4 11/09/2006, 07:49 PM

Look around the concrete section.

Randy Holmes-Farley · #5 11/09/2006, 09:12 PM

Yes, it is used to etch/clean cement.

Fishbulb2 · #6 11/09/2006, 10:11 PM

I found it in the pool section to lower pH. It was a two gallon bottle. It is only 29% HCl and 71% inert. Is this the right stuff and should I be concerned with the inert ingredients?
FB