Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site calmasd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcc6!calmasd!rfc From: rfc@calmasd.UUCP (Robert Clayton) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Deposits on pots Message-ID: <543@calmasd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 17:48:58 EDT Article-I.D.: calmasd.543 Posted: Thu Aug 15 17:48:58 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 23:20:44 EDT References: <278@ihu1n.UUCP> <13500013@inmet.UUCP> Organization: Calma Company, San Diego, CA Lines: 17 > > 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