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Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/19/2011 9:30:38 PM    peejrey   Posts: 1608 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Hickman TN Status: offline And the people at the pool place thought I was crazy.. So I bought this 1 gallon of Muriatic, or Hydrochloric acid at the hardware store.. I'm trying Earl's method. I ran a quick test on three commons, and gave 2 of them a nice polish. I should have left them all in for a little while longer. I now have some going in a bucket in our front field. I'll check them tomorrow night.. There is a question here.. What should I do with the leftover stuff? I tried pouring in some Baking soda, but that just made a big chemical reaction. I put the bottles in in a container or soda, and water, and they did fine. So what should I do with the green nasty hydrochloric ****, left over? Wish me luck.. _Preston _____________________________ ___Preston J. Reyome___ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Collector of Tennessee Bottle and Labeled Medicines Post #: 1

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/19/2011 9:37:57 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline you can also use powdered lime (like you use on lawns) to neutralize the acid. Probably cheaper than baking soda. Once its neutralized you can pour it down the drain if you want. _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 2

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 9:08:12 AM    peejrey   Posts: 1608 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Hickman TN Status: offline So what do I do, pour the lime in water, then pour the acid in? Our put the lime in the bucket with the acid? Please explain.. _____________________________ ___Preston J. Reyome___ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Collector of Tennessee Bottle and Labeled Medicines (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 3

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 9:42:12 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 11470 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I add lime to the acid a little at a time until it stops reacting. never pour water in concentrated acid to dilute it. If you want to use water pour the acid in a larger volume of water. Do they still teach chemistry in high schools or have lawyers effectively killed that fun too? < Message edited by GuntherHess -- 7/20/2011 9:44:35 AM > _____________________________ FREE Online Medicine Guide - http://www.antiquemedicines.com/MedicineNexus/Nexus.htm Web Site - http://antiquemedicines.com Email : mknapp@antiquemedicines.com (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 4

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 11:09:40 AM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4293 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline I use 25% acid, 75% water, and immerse the bottles completely. I reuse the acid lots of times. I rinse the bottles out with a baking soda/water mix. As for chemistry in school... We used HCl a few times. _____________________________ Looking for bottles from Glen Ridge, Montclair, Bloomfield, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, and if I like 'em, any other bottles from Essex County NJ! Also Manahawkin NJ! Message me if you want to find them a new home. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 5

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 1:15:44 PM    carobran   Posts: 3344 Joined: 6/10/2011 From: Heart of Dixie Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: GuntherHess Do they still teach chemistry in high schools or have lawyers effectively killed that fun too? you cant hardly have any fun in school anymore,for instance,a coupla years ago several kids would bring there skateboaeds to school,wed go to the top of the parking lot,(which was at a slight angle)sit on them,and race each other down,one girl decided shed stand up,she fell and broke her leg,(which is why we sat down),there went that, (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 6

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 1:17:06 PM    carobran   Posts: 3344 Joined: 6/10/2011 From: Heart of Dixie Status: offline are you using sick bottles or jusy stained,let us know if it worked (in reply to carobran) Post #: 7

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 2:50:48 PM    Plumbata Posts: 1657 Joined: 12/4/2007 Status: offline Find some calcareous fossils and toss them in the acid to clean and expose the structures. That way you squeeze all the productive work you can out of the acid mix. If you have dirty concrete you might try cleaning the 'crete with the leftover acid. You can also dump it on someone's car, or take it to the local art exhibit and place bets on who will win; the marble sculptures or the HCl. That's always fun. _____________________________ Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. - Thomas Jefferson (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 8

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 4:30:57 PM    peejrey   Posts: 1608 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Hickman TN Status: offline quote: Do they still teach chemistry in high schools or have lawyers effectively killed that fun too? I took it last year, my teacher was a therapist... Didn't help me much... About to go take them out. _____________________________ ___Preston J. Reyome___ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Collector of Tennessee Bottle and Labeled Medicines (in reply to Plumbata) Post #: 9

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 5:37:03 PM    peejrey   Posts: 1608 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Hickman TN Status: offline Well...I ran out of baking soda....and I couldn't find the Lime.. Screwed?. . . . . . . .Nope.....I doused them in water, and that seemed to do it. So here is the B & A Attachment (1) _____________________________ ___Preston J. Reyome___ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Collector of Tennessee Bottle and Labeled Medicines (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 10

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 5:39:46 PM    peejrey   Posts: 1608 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Hickman TN Status: offline This was put into a container filled with acid. After Eye dropping to me.. Attachment (1) _____________________________ ___Preston J. Reyome___ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Collector of Tennessee Bottle and Labeled Medicines (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 11

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 5:42:56 PM    peejrey   Posts: 1608 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Hickman TN Status: offline Don't have a before for this one, but there was some syrupy left-overs on the unembossed side. Can't see it anymore.. Thanks for all the good advice, I'll post the pretty pics, as they come Attachment (1) _____________________________ ___Preston J. Reyome___ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Collector of Tennessee Bottle and Labeled Medicines (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 12

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 7:53:30 PM    glass man Posts: 7739 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline You put the lime in the coconut then drink them both up then you will feel better!JAMIE _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to peejrey) Post #: 13

RE: Bought a jug or Muriatic... - 7/20/2011 7:58:44 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1399 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Now JAMIE.... you drink um all down........ Not UP!!! (in reply to glass man) Post #: 14

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