[Sca-cooks] A Warning Was Cleaning metal

[Elaine Koogler]

I'd even go so far as to say that if you're using ammonia at all...do it in
a well-ventilated area!  I find the fumes of ammonia suffocating!

Kiri

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Daniel & Elizabeth Phelps <
dephelps at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Was written:
>
>  A friend suggested putting the item in a black plastic bag, covering it
>> with ammonia, and putting it in the sun to heat up for a couple of hours.
>> Ammonia is not as toxic as oven cleaner, just don't mix it with vinegar or
>> another acid.  I haven't tried this myself.
>>
>>  Do we have a chemist on the list?
>
> While I am not a chemist... please... please... under no cercumstances mix
> ammonia with chlorine bleach either.  It is my understanding that the gas
> generated in the reaction of those two substances is quite toxic.
>
> Daniel
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