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   The Real Bev to Ken Olson   
   Re: car battery cable whiteish corrosion   
   06 Feb 22 11:59:24   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 02/05/2022 08:20 PM, Ken Olson wrote:   
   > On 2/5/2022 10:45 PM, The Real Bev wrote:   
   >> On 02/05/2022 05:52 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   >>> micky   wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It's possible that I just assumed they had some chemical poured on them,   
   >>>> that then dried, and they enocourage t he idea t hat there are two   
   >>>> chemicals because thy're different colors.  If it was plain felt, they   
   >>>> wouldn't need different colors, but it's the kind of marketing a lot of   
   >>>> places do and  they never say there are chemicals involved.   
   >>>   
   >>> So ask for the MSDS when you buy them.  If there's no MSDS on them, they   
   >>> are likely pretty inert.  If there is an MSDS, it will tell vaguely what   
   >>> they are impregnated with.   
   >>>   
   >>> I haven't used the felt pads in years, though, just the spray.  The spray   
   >>> seems to work very well.   
   >>   
   >> I used them once.  No difference at all.  I think I just washed the   
   >> battery off with water, although I seem to remember someone saying that   
   >> Coke would do a better job.   
   >>   
   >> I once used a glass Coke bottle like a hammer to bash one of the cables   
   >> on tighter, but I don't think that was what was meant.   
   >   
   > Women getting wild with bottles scares me.   
      
   As long as you behave nicely you probably have nothing to fear.  Probably.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
        Some mornings it's just not worth chewing through the straps.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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