Uses for Coke

[gadgetgary]

Check out #8(in your washer?)

COKE

#1. In many states the highway patrol carries
two gallons of Coke in the trunk, to remove blood from
the highway after a car accident.

#2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke
and it will be gone in two days.

#3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the
toilet bowl and let the 'real thing' sit for one hour,
then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes
stains from vitreous China .

#4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers:
Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds
Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.

#5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour
a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble
away the corrosion.

#6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola
to the rusted bolt for several minutes.

#7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into
the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake.
Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix
with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.

#8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke
into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run
through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen
grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your
windshield.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

#1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid.
It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric
acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major
contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.

#2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the
commercial trucks must use "Hazardous Material" place
cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.

#3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean
engines of the trucks for about 20 years!

 

[gadgetgary]

Water

WATER

#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
(Likely applies to half the world population)

#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak
that it is mistaken for hunger.

#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.

#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs
for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of
Washington study.

#5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.

#6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of
water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain
for up to 80% of sufferers.

#7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term
memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on
the computer screen or on a printed page.

#8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of
colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast
cancer by 79%., and one is 50% less likely to develop
bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water
you should drink every day?

 

[gadgetgary]

Now the question is,

Would you like a glass of water?

or Coke?

 

[perc-o-prince]

Hey Gary,

I dunno. Referring to your numbers,

1) I wonder if the bubbling action of any soda, or tonic water, would do the same thing?

2) Please try it and report. I seriously doubt the steak will be gone. It's a long-running myth about Coke.

3) Why not use a bit of lemon juice or other citrus juice? I can get a quart of lemon juice (much more concentrated citric acid tha Coke) for a buck at the dollar store or Ocean State Job Lot.

4) There are many, MANY, different things that will do this. I'd bet it's more the foil than the Coke! If it was the Coke, you'd be able to do it with cheesecloth!

6) I highly doubt it. Please report your test findings!

7) I've heard of Coke being used as an ingredient in a marinade for ham as well as a baste for it. I'd bet that if you put Coke in when the ham starts, the sugars would burn before the juices had a chance to dilute them.

8) A good washer fluid, about $2.50 a gallon, will clear any road haze for about 3 months. I forget if it's green or yellow, but it mentions bugs and other road junk removal. I'll be waiting for the clothing stain removal report!

As far as haz-mat plackards being used, did you know that Wal-Mart trucks are some of the most dangerous trucks on the road.... AND they don't have to use haz-mat plackards! That's because any one truck doesn't have enough of any one product to warrant the use of plackards. However, if you figure all of the different things that truck contains together... WOW!!!

Chuck

 

[gadgetgary]

Chuck

Received this in an email. Thought it was interesting and just passing it along.

 

[petek]

I don't know if the Coke syrup itself would be placarded corrosive on the truck but the trucks carrying the drums of phosporic acid to the coke bottling plant are definitely placarded as corrosive materials. Phosphoric acid is the main or sole ingredient in CLR and similar of those cleaning products. The instructions and tv ads show wearing gloves using it but years ago they didn't and if you spill some on your bare skin it doesn't burn like sulphuric acids etc but it will irritate a lot of people but not all.

 

[alr2903]

Diet coke is used to remove clogs in patients gastric feeding tubes.

 

[xraytech]

I hyave scrubbed my toilets with coke before, but I find that two alka seltzer tablets work better than the coke did.

I have also baked my hams in coke before and I do add it at the beginning and baste every 20 min. I prefer to cook my hams in Peach Schnopps and a little orange juice because I like the citrus and peach flavors better even though the coke produces an excellent baked glazed ham.

Sam

 

[whirlcool]

And the proof is in the experimentation.....

http://joshmadison.com/article/will-coke-dissolve-a-nail-experiment/

 

[sudsmaster]

I believe it's the phosphoric acid and not the citric acid in Coke (and most other colas) that is responsible for it being able to clean stains from bathroom fixtures.

AFAIK, CLR no longer contains phosphoric acid, so it can advertise itself as "phosphorus free". Instead such products usually contain hydrochloric acid (HCl) or oxalic acid (as in Zud). I've been able to find old fashioned cleaners containing phosphoric acid in janitorial supplies at places like Smart & Final. Works great to clean up the shower stall!

 

[polkanut]

If you can get a hold of it, the concentrate base for Coke, or any cola product is good for settling upset stomachs and nausea. Just don't take it before bedtime, the caffeine is very highly concentrated.

 

[seamusuk]

Another one...

When I worked in a cinema/movie theatre we used leftover Coke/Pepsi to strip floor polish- it worked really well.

The syrup is a right PITA to clean up if it spills!

Seamus

 

[thomasortega]

... I still prefer pepsi....

It tastes better, has more gas and it's gay.

 

[panthera]

Actually,

Coke does work to loosen rusted parts, I have done it and, yup, it works.

Our version of Consumer Reports uses Co'Cola as the 'base' against which to test rust removers. If they work better, they get a + or ++ rating, as well a 0 and if worse, - or --.

Interestingly enough, the most expensive rust remover in Germany was the only one which outperformed Coke enough to justify the extra cost. All the others were only marginally better, as in they did the job in three days and one hour instead of in three days and one hour one minute.

And Coke doesn't scare me as much as some of those products, yikes...anything which begins with: Do not use inside, do not breath vapors, wear hand and eye protection...
Hmm.

 

[qsd-dan]

Last year, I read an article about using coke on greasy/oily clothes. As instructed, I used 1 can in the Maytag. Pulled clothes and out and examined. No change. Threw clothes back in the washer and poured a full 2 liter bottle of coke in and let it soak overnight. Still no difference. Went back to using Clorox 2 color safe bleach and the stains disappeared.

 

[perc-o-prince]

concentrate base for Coke, or any cola product is good for s

Hey,

Rich swears by the regular (not diet) Coke for settling the stomach if we're out when it happens. I guess that even diluted, it works. At home, it's ginger tea. That works great!

Didn't they actually used to sell the concentrate for its settling properties at one time? Or was it that you could get from a soda jerk at a cooperative soda fountain?

Chuck

 

[sudsmaster]

I seem to recall reading at some point that bottled Coke was once used as a contraceptive or abortion inducer. I suspect it didn't work all that well. But the term "coke baby" means something entirely different.

 

[panthera]

Back in the day,

the thinking was, if right after intercourse, you flushed thoroughly with a shaken bottle of Coke, it would 'clean' everything out and kill any swimmers remaining.

What kids in the 1950's didn't know was that even before the, "heterosexual act" had completely finished, enough of those little beasties were beyond reach of rust-removing, grease-lifting Co'Cola.

Our sex-ed instructor (great guy, no way he could teach the course in christianist America the way we learned it) just plain flat out told us: It's too late. Better to drink the coke with your cigarette and start thinking of cute baby names than to waste it. Besides, how'd you like it if your girlfriend shoved a freshly shook-up bottle of cold pop up your hinney?

He also told us masturbation was a good thing to do and being gay was just a natural variation.

He'd been an army drill Sargent, and it showed...

 

[jamiel]

I believe I've seen the concentrate in the anti-nausea section of the drugstore.

 

[jetcone]

Coke syrup was well known

here for calming the colly wobbles. I always keep some in the medicine cabinet and can vouch that it has stopped dead in its tracks the dreaded tummy flu! When that goes around it always tries to stop here and Coke syrup is my savior everytime!

My dad cleaned off the rust on his 1952 Pontiac engine, I remember seeing him do that!

 

[rapunzel]

Flesh-eatin' Coke

They did this on 'Mythbusters' a long time ago and the dissolved meat myth got busted me thinks - or was it a piece of bone/tooth that didn't dissolve (who cares anyway, I still drink it). Though, if memory serves me right, they managed to shine an old penny. The sugar and acids pass through the body quickly and are neutralized in the digestive track, so no danger of being eaten from the inside. I love Vanilla and Cherry Coke the best, the sugar rush is immense. Now if they could just bring back the original Coke recipe and market it as an 'adults only' product.

Cheers

rapunzel