Soft Drinks can remove rust from a car bumper

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Honest: when I was a teenager I used to work in a drug store jerking

sodas. Next door there was a garage. The mechanics used to come in,

from time to time, and get a quart of Coke syrup. They said that

they used it to remove rust/crust/gunk from engine parts. I do not

recall their having used it to remove rust from chrome bumpers,

though. And, this was Coke syrup, not just a drink of Coke.

--Steve

At 12:26 PM -0700 9/6/01, Micky Belsheim wrote:

>I wondered about this statement myself. I've never seen a can of soda erode

>itself. They usually blow up after a while. Judie, where did you get this

>information?

>Micky

>...

> > > 4. Soft Drinks can remove rust from a car bumper or other metal

>surfaces.

>> > Imagine what it's doing to your digestive tract as well as the rest of

>your

>> > body.

>> >

>>

>> This is an urban legend which leads me to question how accurate the other

> > statements are.

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