leaky batteries!

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Tue Dec 2 14:22:39 2003

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, chris wrote:

> >How cheap is it? How does it compare to Coke, in particular? Coke has
> >sugar and caffiene mixed in, but also has a good deal of phosophoric
> >acid in it. (I'm assuming, of course, plenty of water rinse
> >afterwards.)
>
> Myth Busters on TV did an episode about the myths of Coke. I was
> surprised to see that it really DID clean battery terminals in a car
> better than water. It also appeared to do a better job of cleaning
> chrome than the chrome polish they tested against (they didn't say what
> the brand was they tried).
>
> However, it didn't appear to do anything for degreasing an engine, or
> disolving meat or teeth :-)

It *does* dissolve pennies, and it *does* eat through paint.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Tue Dec 02 2003 - 14:22:39 GMT