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Default OT Soaking garden sprayer in vinegar destroyed its threads?
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Acetic acid eats copper from brass. Chlorine and some alkaline
solutions eat the zinc. You really can't win. g

Nearly any acid eats elemental zinc.

A lot of pressure-cast assemblies are made from zinc.

LLoyd
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