Battery Acid Cleanup
08-22-11, 06:09 AM
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Battery Acid Cleanup
I'm dismantling a parts car I bought, and the battery had been damaged in the wreck. Once I got it out, the PS pulley apparently had taken the bulk of the acid that had leaked... in fact, it ate away a good portion of one part of the outer rim of the pulley.
there was white powder that looked similar to what will build up on a battery terminal on the pulley, (and some minor residue on other surrounding metal). I'm assuming it's a byproduct of the sulphuric acid reacting with steel/metal.
Is baking soda the best way of cleaning this up? Is the white powder still reactive? What's the best way of disposing of it? Or the leaking battery?
Thanks.
there was white powder that looked similar to what will build up on a battery terminal on the pulley, (and some minor residue on other surrounding metal). I'm assuming it's a byproduct of the sulphuric acid reacting with steel/metal.
Is baking soda the best way of cleaning this up? Is the white powder still reactive? What's the best way of disposing of it? Or the leaking battery?
Thanks.
08-24-11, 12:59 AM
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+1 Baking Soda (neutralizes acid);
Recycle battery safely at autoparts store (call to see which takes them) or your city hazardous waste facility (for batteries, paint, automotive/ household chemicals, etc.).
Recycle battery safely at autoparts store (call to see which takes them) or your city hazardous waste facility (for batteries, paint, automotive/ household chemicals, etc.).
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