Anyone tried Coca Cola to clean stainless steel. I've heard for many years that coke has cleaning properties for metal. I watched a T.V. show recently by the name of myth-busters. They put coke up against other cleaners and it did quite well!
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Never for cleaning, but....
I have used it to get a frozen nut to come loose when no WD-40 or any other similar agent was around. Works pretty good actually!
I have used it to get a frozen nut to come loose when no WD-40 or any other similar agent was around. Works pretty good actually!
Diet Coke
A friend of mine who is a mechanic used to pour Diet Coke on the battery terminals to get rid of the corrosion. Imagine what its doing to our stomachs?
A friend of mine who is a mechanic used to pour Diet Coke on the battery terminals to get rid of the corrosion. Imagine what its doing to our stomachs?
scarry stuff
Aspartame is the ingreedient in most diet drinks that is very scarry. This is not the forume to dicuss this. Just be care ful what you put in your body. Yes it will remove rusted bolts and battery acid
Aspartame is the ingreedient in most diet drinks that is very scarry. This is not the forume to dicuss this. Just be care ful what you put in your body. Yes it will remove rusted bolts and battery acid
you guys are what keep urban legends alive...
Look fellas, there's a whole body of mythology out there about Coca-Cola and you have bought into it hook-line-and-sinker. Maybe some urban myth afficionado can explain it in greater detail but here's the general outline: --Back in the late 19th century the original Coca-Cola formula contained coal tar, phosphoric acid, cocaine, and lots of other interesting stuff. The Gay '90's were the era of medicine shows and snake oil peddlers, so it fit the times. The phosphoric acid is responsible for the myth about being able to drop an iron nail in a bottle of Coke and have it disappear overnight. The cocaine probably accounts for its loyal customer base. The coal tar accounts for the bite and color. But just before WWI Teddy Roosevelt's White House created the FDA to put the snake oil sellers out of business. The phosphoric acid and cocaine, if they were ever really there, disappeared from the secret ingredients. If Coke is cleaning up your metal today it may be because of the carbonated water and elbow grease...*butt
Look fellas, there's a whole body of mythology out there about Coca-Cola and you have bought into it hook-line-and-sinker. Maybe some urban myth afficionado can explain it in greater detail but here's the general outline: --Back in the late 19th century the original Coca-Cola formula contained coal tar, phosphoric acid, cocaine, and lots of other interesting stuff. The Gay '90's were the era of medicine shows and snake oil peddlers, so it fit the times. The phosphoric acid is responsible for the myth about being able to drop an iron nail in a bottle of Coke and have it disappear overnight. The cocaine probably accounts for its loyal customer base. The coal tar accounts for the bite and color. But just before WWI Teddy Roosevelt's White House created the FDA to put the snake oil sellers out of business. The phosphoric acid and cocaine, if they were ever really there, disappeared from the secret ingredients. If Coke is cleaning up your metal today it may be because of the carbonated water and elbow grease...*butt
It's the soda
It's the soda water base that cleans the battery terminals. It is the same as using baking soda solution, only not as strong of a mixture.
It's the soda water base that cleans the battery terminals. It is the same as using baking soda solution, only not as strong of a mixture.
Hey Rich
I've heard that Elbow Grease now comes in a liquid instead of just the old paste that my Grandfather handed down to me... ;D Next thing I know you are gonna tell me that there is no such thing as left-handed smoke shifters... *yks Regards, -Jim- s/v Forever
I've heard that Elbow Grease now comes in a liquid instead of just the old paste that my Grandfather handed down to me... ;D Next thing I know you are gonna tell me that there is no such thing as left-handed smoke shifters... *yks Regards, -Jim- s/v Forever
don't you remember??
that little experiment in grade school?? Drop the dirty penny in the glass of Coke, wait a minute, fish it out and voila it looks clean and new?? I studied chemistry way back when so I should remember this stuff... must be spending too much time working on my boat...
that little experiment in grade school?? Drop the dirty penny in the glass of Coke, wait a minute, fish it out and voila it looks clean and new?? I studied chemistry way back when so I should remember this stuff... must be spending too much time working on my boat...
The Best Use of Coke
Hope you all agree. The best use of Coke is to mix with Mount Gay Rum and lime. Wishing you all the best.
Hope you all agree. The best use of Coke is to mix with Mount Gay Rum and lime. Wishing you all the best.
Mythbusters...
I don't know if any of you have watched this show on the Discovery Channel but they tested Coke and its cleaning abilities a couple of months ago to find out if the myth was true or not. They found that Coke worked GREAT for cleaning chrome and stainless steel. I was really surprised. Later in the show they put a couple of steaks in pans of Coke for 48 hours to see if the acid would disolve the steak. Didn't happen but the Coke definately ate away at the meat. I an going to try it this weekend and see what happens. Brooks
I don't know if any of you have watched this show on the Discovery Channel but they tested Coke and its cleaning abilities a couple of months ago to find out if the myth was true or not. They found that Coke worked GREAT for cleaning chrome and stainless steel. I was really surprised. Later in the show they put a couple of steaks in pans of Coke for 48 hours to see if the acid would disolve the steak. Didn't happen but the Coke definately ate away at the meat. I an going to try it this weekend and see what happens. Brooks
MARK THE ONLY WAY COCA COLA WORKS IS WHEN YOU PUT RUM IN IT!!!.......ONE FOR THE RAILS , ONE FOR ME,...ONE FOR THE RAILS. ONE FOR ME!!
What's L.B. stand for?
Loaded and Buzzed! Anyway, you've got the sequence wrong. It's one for me, one for the rails, one for me, ad infinitum... Your Bro!
Loaded and Buzzed! Anyway, you've got the sequence wrong. It's one for me, one for the rails, one for me, ad infinitum... Your Bro!
Rum, er I mean coke
Coca Cola goes with any rum! You people can dissolve bumpers, eat steaks, or do what ever, but I'll put my rum-n- coke, er coke-n-rum.Now,lets go for a sail.
Coca Cola goes with any rum! You people can dissolve bumpers, eat steaks, or do what ever, but I'll put my rum-n- coke, er coke-n-rum.Now,lets go for a sail.
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