It is spelled muriatic acid. It is available on the swimming pool chemical
shelf at the big box stores.

Whenever I have used it I have just thrown the piece into it without
diluting it, left it overnight, but this might not be the right way to use
it - I wasn't doing anything too important...

"Don D." wrote in message
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Does anyone use moradic acid for cleaning steel? I am starting to weld
horseshoes, but I have to clean them up from rust and anything else. I
have been using a coarse wire wheel and it takes about 3 -4 minutes for
one to do. I have herd from others that moradic acid (I hope I'm spelling
and saying it right) cleans them by letting them soak.. If this is right,
what is the ratio to use it as? Water mix. And how long to soak or drop in
and out.

Don D.