Gassing is a love hate kind of thing and none of the current methods seem to
perform consistently or safely. Some methods make too much and some make too
little. Most are difficult to control, more importantly difucult to stop. SWIVE
has rusted more tools and electronic equipment than he cares to think of. Had a
gassing bottle blow up once (hose clogged suddenly, while he wasn't watching) and
suck back can ruin your whole day. Most drain cleaner Sulfuric Acid contains
foaming additives that create a dangerous mess.
I have tried all the various gassing methods ie: Sulfuric Acid & Salt, Sulfuric
Acid & HCL, Aluminum & HCL, Air bubbled through HCL, but I've never been totally
happy with any of them. The methods using Sulfuric Acid always taste and/or smell
funny. The Aluminum & HCL is wet, week, messy and generates too much heat. The
Air bubbled through HCL is clean but is a little slow for SWIVE's taste. So SWIVE
started thinking how could he improve the process. After all we're just trying to
seperate the HCL from the water, right?
Introducing -> HCL over calcium chloride! Now before you start to whine about how
this won't work like your current method, try this.
Materials
(1) Plastic Wash Bottle
(1) Box of Damp Rid (calcium chloride)
Muratic Acid (HCL)
Something that needs gassing
Method
Take the plastic wash bottle and remove the center tube that runs to the bottom.
Fill the bottle 1/3 full of Damp Rid. Now carefully add muratic acid until about
2/3 of the Damp Rid is covered. Let this sit for 2 minutes. Your Done!
Usage
To gas you simply squeeze the wash bottle, thats right, insert the tip of the
wash bottle into whatever your gassing and squeeze. pull the tip out before the
end of the squeeze to avoid sucking whatever your gassing into the bottle. Repeat
as needed. You will be surprised at the concentration and dryness of the HCL
produced. You will also be surprised at how long that small amount of muratic
acid will last. Just shake the bottle every now and then and it will keep coming.
One fill usually lasts SWIVE several rxn's until a refill is needed. Clean,
simple, controllable and no liquid acid to accidenly spill or leak into your
product.
SWIVE used TFSE and did not see a mention of this method, so he thinks it is
original (pat on the back) Now where's the Hive Patent Office. Next I will post
a similar method to produce a constant stream of HCL for you 1/4 pounder cooks.
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