Re: Cult: Clorox
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- Subject: Re: Cult: Clorox
- From: G* S* <g*@loop.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 12:47:47 -0600 (MDT)
David Silverberg wrote:
>
> John I Jones wrote:
> >
> > ....
> > I may be a little confused here, but I think a clorox solution is
> > acidic, as is a vinegar solution (acetic acid), so I don't think dipping
> > them in vinegar would stop any oxidizing action. A baking soda solution
> > would be a stop bath.
> >
> No John, you are quite correct. David brought the same thing to my
> attention last night, but was too tired to respond. He said that the
> vinegar may mask the smell of the clorox, but it is as much an acid as
> the clorox, and you can't neutralize an acid with another acid....
But the action to be stopped is oxidation, and has nothing/little to do
with pH.
If vinegar helps the chlorox rinse off more easily, and it just might,
its acidity should not hurt anything. Acids tend to be less harmful to
organic matter than bases--sulphuric acid being a major exception
because it is also a strong oxidizing agent.
Gerry, just in from a satisfying weeding session
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