Hey,

FYI, mixed 6 tablespoons of baking soda in 4 cups of water and cleaned
my battery post terminals. Just thought I would share. It worked
flawlessly. Ate the acid right off. Used an old toothbrush and
cleaned up the entire battery including the posts and outside casing.

Works great, usually the stuff to do it is at home, and it's pretty
much free.

Good luck!

mrsteveo wrote:
> Hey,
>
> FYI, mixed 6 tablespoons of baking soda in 4 cups of water and cleaned
> my battery post terminals. Just thought I would share. It worked
> flawlessly. Ate the acid right off. Used an old toothbrush and
> cleaned up the entire battery including the posts and outside casing.
>
> Works great, usually the stuff to do it is at home, and it's pretty
> much free.
>
> Good luck!

Usually that does the trick.

Occasionally you will run up against some really old and hard acid build
up that the baking soda won't dissolve. Someone recently turned me on
to soaking those parts in Coca-Cola™ - leave it overnight, and it will
remove it to bare metal and not damage the metal. I tried it and it
worked exactly as described. When you're done, rinse with a solution of
baking soda and then with plain water. Will leave slightly basic -
which is good. Metal is least corroded in slightly basic.

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:18:20 -0700, mrsteveo wrote:

> Hey,
>
> FYI, mixed 6 tablespoons of baking soda in 4 cups of water and cleaned
> my battery post terminals. Just thought I would share. It worked
> flawlessly. Ate the acid right off. Used an old toothbrush and
> cleaned up the entire battery including the posts and outside casing.
>
> Works great, usually the stuff to do it is at home, and it's pretty
> much free.
>
> Good luck!

Then coat them with dielectric grease to keep them from corroding all over
again!