Pickling solution

[Jeremy Hennen]

so I’ve been using muriatic acid as a pickling solution and I’ve found out it’s an aweful idea. My gravers, hand tools, mandrels, drill bits, just about everything metal in my shop is rusting. What do you guys use for a Less corrosive pickle? I feel like this acid is gunna cost me a lot of money in rusted tools…

 

[AJB]

What exactly are you trying to do?

 

[JJ Roberts]

I used muriatic acid to paint strips on a muzzleloader stock and found a lot of rust on tools in my shop a day later never try this in door's do it out door's. J.J.

 

[AJB]

JJ,
Muratic acid in the shop is the best way to ensure rust on everything. It is so bad that I won’t even keep a bottle of it in my shop. Any escaping fumes rust up everything.

 

[JJ Roberts]

AJB, You got that right. J.J.