How often do you hear: "Yes, this cola rust and limestone dissolves, imagine what it will do with your stomach!".A test of whether it is really possible to remove the stain of Pepsi or Coke, we will today.
What can I clean?
We will not refute the cleaning properties of Coca Cola: it was shot so many videos with experiments, both known TV shows and ordinary people, that its effectiveness in removing certain types of spots is not being questioned. In what situations can the jar of this soda be better than household chemicals?
- Precious metals
Get rid of the plaque on your favorite silver spoons or refresh your grandmother's golden ring "Coca Cola" will help with a bang. For this, the product must be soaked in a soda for a few hours( up to a day depending on the state of the metal), and then thoroughly polished. The obvious plus here is that you do not use any abrasive, which means that the product does not scratch.
- Other metals
Here, the use of soda varies from the removal of the coke from the pan after you put the pelmen on the stove, and have climbed themselves on the Internet, before dissolving the plaque and rust from the car parts. With dishes it is recommended to use boiling of cola on low heat for an hour, and small parts soaked in soda for a day or even a few, and then thoroughly wiped off the rust.
- Plumbing and household appliances
Lime coating from hard water will spoil the reputation of even the most clean hostess. If, of course, you do not trust him to remove the wheel. The same applies to the scale in the kettle, which is formed for the same reason. Wiping or boiling will help to quickly get rid of the problem.
- Clothing
Cola perfectly helps from greasy stains both on clothing and, for example, on the stove, so soak fatty stains around the burners or pour a little cola into the washing machine when washing - a good idea. That's only if you go too far, then on the clothes there may already be stains from the cola, so we do not recommend washing out the blouse in this way.
- Glasses
Washing a mirror or window cob is a bad idea. To wash off glasses from stickiness you then will be still for a long time, and in case of such easy or light; mild pollution simply there is no sense to complicate process. But if the area of the glass is small and there is a lot of dirt, as, for example, on the headlights in bad weather, then wipe them with a cloth soaked in a wheel - a simple improvised way to return the brightness of the lighting.
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Cola leaves stickiness and can stain things - this must be taken into account before using it, especially for cleaning clothes.
How does it work?
To recognize the effectiveness of cola is not enough: we want to know how it works, and whether it is worth it to replace the usual household chemicals.
The secret of Coca Cola is that this drink contains a huge amount of orthophosphoric and citric acid, which are not felt in taste due to an even more impressive amount of sugar. The acidity of the drink ends up being equal to a 3% solution of vinegar, another agent often used for cleaning various things and surfaces. At the same time, all of its cleaning properties rest on pH values, and there is no secret ingredient in the formulation.
By the way
For the stomach, contrary to bikes, colas are not more dangerous than freshly squeezed orange juice if you drink it in moderation. What is a real danger to health in its composition, so this is a huge amount of sugar. Experiments with the dissolution of a piece of meat in a cola do not take into account the fact that the gastric juice does not cope with such substances, and the cola's life in the stomach certainly does not amount to days, as in such experiments.
But then it turns out that the same solution of vinegar or citric acid will clear your stains no worse? Exactly. Moreover, any liquid with a similar pH level will cope with it - yes, even apple juice! Does the cola have the advantages now?
- Natural apple or lemon juice with high acidity is difficult to get, because the store for this purpose is not suitable. And, having spent money for the purchase of fruit and time for squeezing out the juice, you hardly want to soak car parts in it.
- Vinegar could beat a cola on our list, if not for its smell. Often, after cleaning things with vinegar, you have to clean it again, but with the goal of removing this sharp and persistent "fragrance".In addition, if you have an acetic essence that needs to be diluted, then the risk of miscalculating with the proportion and getting a very aggressive cleaning product that can harm things is quite high.
- And here is citric acid, perhaps, the cola still will bypass. Judge for yourself: the concentration of the solution can be obtained any, it costs a penny, the properties are the same, but you do not have to clean the thing from the sticky sugar layer that will remain after applying the cola.
All the actions described above, you can do with ordinary citric acid, so using cola to clean things and surfaces is a curious, but not an optimal way to get rid of contaminants.
