Posted by BeardedLady on August 13, 2002, at 20:19:27
In reply to Re: No bread??!!! » BeardedLady, posted by Gabbi on August 13, 2002, at 18:39:23
>Thanks for the aside about soda taking rust off a screw. I'd heard the oft repeated myth that it will dissolve a nail overnight, which I tested and found to be false. So today, I tried the rust theory and yes indeed it does take the rust off. That must be where the first myth originated. ( I also have a little too much time on my hands...:)
Never heard about the nail, but I took some antique lawn chairs apart a few years ago to paint them, and I couldn't get the screws off the metal chairs; they'd rusted together. I remembered an old pass-around (before e-mail) about Diet Coke, and I leaned the chair in a dish of soda. In about fifteen minutes, it had loosened enough to take apart. I soaked the screws in it, and the rust was gone in a few minutes.
It also cleans my toilet pretty well.
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