Coke Bottle Fuel Tank -- WAY OFF TOPIC :-)

[Bill Glaze]

I guess that everyone probably knows this, but just to remind:  We used 
to use Coke to clean battery terminals that had been corroded.  Removed 
the corrosion quickly, and left the terminals and posts clean of corrosion.

Bill Glaze

Bob Richards wrote:

>Years ago, I did PCB repair on cash register systems.
>Occasionally we would get a system in that someone had
>spilled coke in it. Coke would eat the copper etches
>right off the boards. And, what was left was almost
>impossible to solder to. 
>
>Then, there was the table-top video game from the
>local bar. Over time, people spilled beer and some ran
>down inside. Best I could tell, the beer did no real
>damage, but the roaches sure loved it. We had to take
>it back to the shop, set it in the middle of the
>parking lot, open all the doors and empty a can of
>Raid inside. An hour later, there were dead roaches in
>a 30 ft diameter circle.
>
>Then it was time for me to work on it. :-(
>
>Bob R.
>
>--- Dean Pappas <d.pappas at kodeos.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Coke corroded
>>the aluminum, through both coatings #1 and #2, in no
>>time. It does a pretty good job on the fancy
>>coating, too.
>> 
>>    
>>
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