how bad does muriatic acid smell?

[FoBoT]

anybody used this stuff/smelled it before?
i bought some at the hardware store to clean some concrete and after reading the label i am afraid to open it/use it in my basement

will it kill me or just melt my lungs?

 

[aznmist]

prob melt your lungs..

good thing you have two

 

[Johnnie]

dilute it with water.....smell won't be as bad.

 

[bacillus]

make sure there's some ventilation in the room you intend to use it in!

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: bacillus
make sure there's some ventilation in the room you intend to use it in!

or?


melted lungs?
pass out and die?
turn my brain to mush?

 

[Red Dawn]

Pull my finger and I'll let you know

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

It is a little stinky, but not bad. Kinda like a wet dog fart.

 

[vi edit]

Just don't stick your nose right to it and you'll be okay.

It's got a nice nostril cleaning property to it, but once it's diluted it's tolerable.

 

[ThaGrandCow]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Pull my finger and I'll let you know

 

[freeway]

It can be nasty if you get a big wiff of it, but otherwise it is OK. I use it all the time to clean rusty metal. It is great for bolts. When I am done with it I throw it on the limestone stones on the driveway. It foams up and smokes - I am easily amused. It can cause your hands to itch if you touch it and I recommend keeping water handy.

 

[FoBoT]

i decided to try it
i setup the 20" box fan on one end of the basement for ventilation and to dry the floor faster

used a regular sponge mop instead of a hand brush

poured in about half of what it said to use on the bottle OUTSIDE and i can't even smell it down here

thanks ATOT !

 

[Stifko]

Pull my finger and I'll let you know HAHAHHAHAHAHA

BTW what were you cleaning off the cement? Did it get it clean?

 

[DielsAlder]

AHHHHHHHHH. We have a saying here: HCL + NaOH = Your death.

Don't mix with a strong base. Don't spill it on yourself... watch your eyes... wear goggles and appropriate clothes.

It's HCL.

It will burn your nosehairs in vapor--- for real.:Q

 

[ChefJoe]

HCl is pretty acidic. If you were to lean over a bottle of concentrated stuff, just one whiff would pretty much make you reel back in pain. If you were around something that's say 1-2%, tolerable. BS in Chemistry paid off in the ATOT threads.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Stifko
Pull my finger and I'll let you know HAHAHHAHAHAHA

BTW what were you cleaning off the cement? Did it get it clean?

general dirt/oooold paint

it helped, it really needs to be painted over with REAL concrete paint (this crap i'm cleaning off isn't the right kind of paint for a floor), but i just bought a chuck of cheapo astro-turf to throw onto it instead

 

[UltraQuiet]

TOXIC GAS IN THE BASEMENT! ALL HANDS DON EAB'S!!! (gong,gong, gong .......) God I don't miss that sh!t.

 

[FoBoT]

eeek!!!!

this must be a bad dream!!! :Q

oh, i don't have an EAB , thank goodness

 

[Moonbeam]

Muratic acid is hydrogen cloride gas in water. The hydrogen cloride will evaproate out into your nose where it will form new muratic acid. Thus can it burn you. It will react with the cement, etching and cleaning it in the process, and rendering it harmless.

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

That the same stuff you put in pools. I have a pool, and I think it smells pretty damn bad out of the bottle.

I did an experiment once (for school), and I had to poor some down the sink, and I could hear it eating away at it.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: LiLRiceBoi
That the same stuff you put in pools. I have a pool, and I think it smells pretty damn bad out of the bottle.

yes, the bottle also has instructions on using it to lower the pH in your pool

when i took the cap off it and got a whiff , thats when i thought i better ask/post about it, stanky!

 

[ChefJoe]

Originally posted by: LiLRiceBoi
I did an experiment once (for school), and I had to poor some down the sink, and I could hear it eating away at it.

Yeah, HCl reacts pretty well with calcium carbonate (the stuff that is hard water deposits). In the chemistry lab we'd use it to clean the coffee maker and coffee cups. Nothing really harmful about what it does to inert things.