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- From: bakc@giraffe.ru.ac.za (MR KR COMAN)
- Subject: Re: Removing lead fouling...
- Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Date: 31 Dec 92 10:11:10 CST
- Approved: hunting@osnome.che.wisc.edu
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.101111.2949@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
- Lines: 40
- Originator: hunting@osnome.che.wisc.edu
- References: <1992Dec28.083443.29646@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec28.083443.29646@doug.cae.wisc.edu> SCHULTZ@admin1.usask.ca (Robert Schultz) writes:
- >From: SCHULTZ@admin1.usask.ca (Robert Schultz)
- >Subject: Removing lead fouling...
- >Date: 28 Dec 92 14:34:43 GMT
- >
- >Netters:
- > I picked this tip off the HBD (HomeBrewDigest) and found it to
- >be useful here too (kind of my Christmas Present to you all).
- >
- > To remove lead fouling from barrels use a solution of hydrogen
- >peroxide and vinegar (mix 50/50). This solution produces peracetic
- >acid (approximately 5%) which eats (oxidizes) lead and leaves almost
- >everything else alone! Plug one end of the barrel and pour it in,
- >shake around every once in a while and pour out the lead salts after a
- >few hours.
- >
- > I have tried this and it works great! However I am not a
- >chemist and have inquired to a few, the response follows:
- >
- >I do not claim any responsiblitiy blah, blah, blah, blah blah......
- >
- >
- >Robert
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- A dude over in Rec.Guns claims to have tried this mixture. He
- reports the chemical reaction was so intense that it trashed a 45ACP barrel
- -- check it out, boyos.
-
- Keith
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