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Hardware Chemicals #1: Hydrochloric Acid

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Hydrochloric acid is an extremely useful and versatile chemical that has many uses around the home. Its usefulness comes from …

Saturday, November 1, 2014

I think my first experience of acids was an episode of batman, where the penguin demonstrated the potency of the …

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Another one of my favourite products is Ajax powder cleanser: This product, I suspect, is simply a repackaging of the …

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Shannon Lush is very fond of recommending bicarb soda as a cleaning agent. It’s not a bad option, but there …

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Modern laundry detergents are highly sophisticated formulations that are able to remove most stains if used correctly. One of the …

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

On 6PR’s afternoon show today, Tony McManus said that he got some ink on one of his shirts. How do …

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Ammonia, or its derivatives, is one of the most common cleaning chemicals found in household formulations. If you look on …

Friday, April 13, 2012

If thallium is the Rolls-Royce Corniche of poisons, what are some other classes of chemical measures of excellence that we …

Thursday, April 12, 2012

You want something to wipe your kitchen bench tops with that will both clean and disinfect? Well, of course, there …