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From: rfc@calmasd.UUCP (Robert Clayton)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Deposits on pots
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 17:48:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 17:48:58 1985
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> 
> I know you can boil vinegar and water in a tea kettle to remove the
> deposits, so I would assume that a similar treatment could be used on
> clay flower pots.  > 
> 			-=:| Alan Taylor |:=-

Vinegar is an acid.  A more industrial version is muriatic acid
available at any swimming pool supply outlet and many hardware stores.
You could soak them in a plastic tub filled with a diluted solution.
Don't use metal buckets.  Muriatic acid is used for removing the
encrusted salts around the edges of swimming pools.  They call it acid
washing.  When you buy the acid, ask them what dilution to use for acid
washing.  Wear rubber gloves of course.

Bob Clayton
GE Calma
San Diego