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neutralize the caustic solution on the car?
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Vinegar which is a mild acid or muricatic acid.  Vinegar is
probably safer.  You'll get a reaction just like putting
baking soda on a battery to clean it.  Baking soda is a base
just like the lye but much weaker.  Remember the Litmus
paper tests from General Science?
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Will this hurt the yard?
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Once nuetralized with the vinegar, no.  It will be in the
form of a salt.  It most likely will act just like putting
down to much lawn fertilzer.  Fertilizer burn.
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I wouldn't think this is bad for drains since this is what
they clean them with?
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The pipes are inorganic.  The hair, sludge, skin, blood,
cotton, etc. in the pipe is organic.
G'day
Blake
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