Work Query

[den]

Customer: Can you design a wash that uses acid instead of detergent to clean the trucks?
Me: sure! What sort of acid is it?
Customer: Hydrofluoric acid
Me: ...

Comments

[ursuscal.livejournal.com]

Jesus! Hydrofluoric acid is probably the strongest acid around -- it even eats glass. Who would want to put that on a vehicle???

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Apparently the vehicles are cement trucks coated with lime and cement powder. Dilute Hydrofluoric acid works a lot better than the same concentration HCl.

Still.... Hydrofluoric acid. Fuckinell.

[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

Just like using a thermonuclear bomb can sterilize a patch of ground a bit better than simply using weedkiller and a fungicide, but---

YEOW!!!!