At 04:36 PM 11/14/01 +0000, Kevin Blain wrote: >vineger? (acetic Acid?) Well.. I would advise against adding any more reactants to the soup. It's true that alkalines neutralize acids, but if you have more of either one, then you're back in the same situation as before. Since you have no way to know how much of the first that you started with, I think you just end up in a chemical mess. My father, the camera repairman, agrees. Distilled water always puts you in a better position than you were in before, by always diluting whatever's there. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics