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Old 10-30-2019, 03:23 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by rotorwrench View Post
Drano crystals & water work but be careful mixing and handling. Sodium Hydroxide, or Lye for short, can burn you but it works really well to remove crap from a gas tank without hurting the metal.
If you splash any of that stuff on surfaces you don't want it on, the best thing to wash it off with is beer. It will neutralize the lye. How do I know? I worked in a brewery for 12 years and lye was used in the bottle washer. That was when most of the beer went into bottles, not cans.
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