Re: IML: "pouring it out on the back hillside"

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

Vinegar can be used as a weed killer, so be sure not to pour it near any 
plants you wish to keep healthy.
John
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From: "Kenyon Wills" <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: IML: "pouring it out on the back hillside"


> Pouring several gallons of vinegar into the ground in the back yard isn't 
> going to do any harm, I'm thinking.
>
>  The sludge is oxidized rust, and it's a mineral, not dissolved 
> grease/oil or anything, and once exposed to air again, it just starts 
> rusting away again, returning to its base elements or whatever it is  that 
> rust does with itself when it is done rusting.  One 12 gallon  load lasts 
> 2-4 years at the rate that i'm going, although I'm really  tempted to try 
> Dick's 55-gallon molasses in a drum process.
>
>  Betcha molasses isn't hard on dirt or the water table, either.  It isn't 
> a chemical.
>
>  I don't toss anything else out that way, if that's any consolation.
>
>  -K
>
> Christopher H <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Re: IML: "pouring it out on 
> the back hillside"          Kenyon,
>
> Anything you dump into the ground eventually works its way into the  water 
> table. Your city should be able to direct you to a proper  disposal site, 
> and some cities and towns even pick up hazardous waste  alongside your 
> regular trash with nothing more than a phone call to ask  them.
>
>  Chris in LA
>
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>  On 12/29/05 10:08 AM, Kenyon Wills at imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>  "A. Foster" <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>           If you want to strip fast, muriatic   acid works good as well, 
> it strips rust in minutes instead of days.
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>    Is muriatic acid caustic or dangerous?  Is it OK for skin, or does it 
> require special handling?
>
>    I have been in the habit of taking the used vinegar and  rust-sludge 
> and  pouring it out on the back hillside, figuring  that it wasn't an 
> environmental danger.  How does one  dispose of muriatic acid when  it's 
> used up?
>
>
>  Kenyon Wills
>   <http://imperialclub.com/Yr/1960/Kenyon/Page01.htm>
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> Kenyon Wills




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