I now know that my kitchen counter is not silver! Damn!
As the price of silver drops, today I decided I should think about scrapping some junk stuff I've had hanging around.
One piece was unmarked so, genius that I am, I got out the old testing kit and checked. As I was testing, there was a huge screech of brakes in front of my house. Of course, I had to look.
In the process, I put the item down to run to the door for a look-see.
Came back to find the acid had dripped off the plate edge and left a purple stain on the Formica.
Actually, 2 stains. I've tried everything I can think of to get these stains out.
Phooey!
That'll teach me. (and the dumb plate is just that---plate.)
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You can find it in pool supplies. I stained my pool deck once, and the only thing that worked was a dilution of that stuff. It's pretty caustic so have adult supervision.
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