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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
A few weeks ago I mixed up a solution of Oxy-Clean and water in a spray bottle to help remove a Coca-Cola stain from a piece of furniture. After I sprayed it onto the stain, I set the bottle aside to give the solution time to act on the stain. When I returned, the bottle was completely empty and the floor around it was soaked.
Thinking the spray bottle was split (it was old), I bought a new spray bottle, and the same thing happened. If it had just reacted like a soft drink and "bubbled up", I could understand it running out of the bottle, but there would still be a decent quantity of liquid remaining. The bottle was almost completely empty, however. It also occurred approximately twenty-to-thirty minutes after application, and not immediately. Any chemists or other smart folks out there who can explain what happened?
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Matthew W Inner circle New York 2456 Posts |
I think it is eating through the bottle.
If the oxygen is doing that to the plastic, I want to stop breathing, lol.
-Matt
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
It isn't eating through the bottle, because filled it up with plain water and it was still there four days later.
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
Mix up another batch, and watch the bottle closely for 20-30 minutes. If the water is somehow escaping the bottle so quickly, I think you would be able to spot where / how it is leaking or if the water is being forced out the nozzle by pressure. Sounds like an interesting experiment.
Let us know what happens. I might even try this myself.
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
I agree. An experiment is in order. Forget double-blind publication possibilities: let's do something for the sake of TRUE RESEARCH!
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TomKMagic Special user I tripped over 620 Posts |
Try a different type of plastic bottle at the same time, or eeven try glass, then watch all three and see which one still has solution at the end of the experiment.
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kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1868 Posts |
Jeff, a couple years ago oxy-clean was the BIG thing over here. late night infomercials all the time, commercials, and a very perky guy selling it. now its at target...
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
I watched it off and on for about an hour-and-a-half, and NOTHING! It was some time after that.
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts |
Sorry, ClintonMagus- it was me. I've been sneaking into your house when you're not looking and upending your Oxy-Clean all over the floor. Just because I know how much it annoys you.
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Why don't you set up a hidden camera?
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boynextdoor Regular user Lancaster 129 Posts |
Dude, I was TOTALLY gonna bring up Target!
But, wow, poltergeists, maybe? ~OR~ You have an idiot in your home who keeps trying to drink it, and it tastes bad maybe, and they end up spitting it out and setting the bottle back on the floor....?
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
Quote:
On 2008-10-25 23:35, EsnRedshirt wrote: AHA! It WASN'T you! The Oxy-Clean wasn't on the floor!
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Tom Bartlett Special user Our southern border could use 763 Posts |
Oxy-clean is nothing more than oxalic acid in some form. I have had an old Windex bottle half full in my shop for over a year and there has not been a noticeable change since I used it last.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
I have a bottle of anti icing stuff that you can spray on windows when they are...well, Icy. The contents diminished noticably until the entire bottle was empty. No wet spot, just gone, cool huh?
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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2491 Posts |
Evaporation? Was the valve on the bottle open?
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Factory sealed.
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