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Default stripping zinc with vinegar

On 2/26/2011 10:52 AM, DT wrote:
In ters.com,
kens says...
On 2/24/2011 7:57 PM dilbert firestorm spake thus:

On 2/24/2011 9:19 PM, Oren wrote:

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:01:04 -0600, dilbert firestorm
wrote:

someone told me that I can strip zinc in a plastic tub filled
with vinegar?

I know vinegar has lots of uses, but is this so?

Try it with a penny?

Copper coated zinc? Copper left over?

I'm confused......

looks like I left out something in my post. grrr, hate that when that
happens.

Its for a steel plate that is zinc plated or any steel that has been
galvanized.


Vinegar will etch the galvanized coating, but I seriously doubt it'll
"strip" it. Not strong enough. (Well, maybe if you leave it in for like
two weeks or something.)


Oh, it will just fine. I built some structures this past year using
Unistrut for parts of them, and needed to strip the ends for welding.
Vinegar strips the zinc plated ones overnight, and the galvanized ones
take a day or so.

I think David gets it after I showed him the white vinegar link.

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