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BTW, don't ever use bathroom cleaning products containing hydrochloric
acid. (Some toilet bowl cleaners contain it).
It quickly destroys chrome plating. Ask me how I know...
Doug
On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 2:38=E2=80=AFAM Karl Vacek <stearman809@gmail.com> w=
rote:
> Some time ago the wax ring went out in our upstairs toilet. No evidence
> of the failure till I had to get into the plumbing wall below there.
> Lovely mess of black mold and nasty gunk. I cleaned everything up with
> successive applications of bleach-based cleaners, but there was still som=
e
> nasty stuff and the copper pipes were green, so I followed up with
> hydrochloric (muriatic) acid. It's clean, but there's still a lingering
> stench that wasn't there in the first place. The acid itself did stink
> badly for a couple weeks but I think that's mostly gone now.
>
> I've used Febreeze and an aerosol deodorant, but this needs serious help.
>
> Suggestions?
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>BTW, don't ever use bathroom cleaning products co=
ntaining hydrochloric acid.=C2=A0 (Some toilet bowl cleaners contain it).</=
div><div>It quickly destroys chrome plating.=C2=A0 Ask me how I know...</di=
v><div><br></div><div>Doug<br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 2:38=E2=80=AFAM =
Karl Vacek <<a href=3D"mailto:stearman809@gmail.com";>stearman809@gmail.c=
om</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex=
"><u></u>
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<div dir=3D"auto">
Some time ago the wax ring went out in our upstairs toilet.=C2=A0 No eviden=
ce of the failure till I had to get into the plumbing wall below there.=C2=
=A0 Lovely mess of black mold and nasty gunk.=C2=A0 I cleaned everything up=
with successive applications of bleach-based cleaners, but there was still=
some nasty stuff and the copper pipes were green, so I followed up with hy=
drochloric (muriatic) acid.=C2=A0 It's clean, but there's still a l=
ingering stench that wasn't there in the first place.=C2=A0 The acid it=
self did stink badly for a couple weeks but I think that's mostly gone =
now.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I've used Febreeze an=
d an aerosol deodorant, but this needs serious help.</div><div dir=3D"auto"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Suggestions?=C2=A0</div>
</div></div>
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