[Shop-talk] Odor removal

[Doug Braun]

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 AM Karl Vacek <stearman809 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 some
> 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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