Vinegar is 5% Acetic Acid if I remember right (we put it on our fries up here in Canada). There is a sealer called Automotive Goop which is very "sticky", and I believe it does not contain acetic acid.
Kevin Percy
>From: "Kevin Guarnotta" <kguarnotta@usa.net>
>Reply-To: <kguarnotta@usa.net>
>To: "'Jim Adney'" <jadney@vwtype3.org>, <type3@vwtype3.org>
>Subject: RE: [T3] Inner Fender Painting
>Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 08:11:25 -0400
>
>I thought acetic acid would be similar to phosphoric acid which is what is
>in all those rust eaters. Stuff like naval jelly....
>
>I think acetic acid and vinegar are the same, aren't they?
>
>-Kevin
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org]
>it.
>
>I've always heard that the acetic acid curing RTV is strictly not
>recommended for applications to any kind of metal, because the acid will
>attack the metal.
>The acetic acid type is the most common style. Acetic acid has a very
>distinctive smell, so this stuff is easy to identify.
>
>The alternative is the methanol style which is generally sold for electronic
>
>use, where it won't attack circuit boards. I think it is very hard to find
>unless you're a commercial user, and very expensive when you do find it.
>
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