Mar
25
Oxalic Acids in the Rhubarb-leafs can be used for:
- In household chemical products such as Bar Keeper’s Friend, Zud, some bleaches, and rustproofing treatments.
- In wood restorers where the acid dissolves away a layer of dry surface wood to expose fresh material underneath.
- As an additive to automotive wheel cleaners.
- As a mordant in dyeing processes.
- Used in platinotype, the early photographic Platinum/Palladium printing process.
- Vaporized oxalic acid, or a 6% solution of oxalic acid in sugar syrup, is used by some beekeepers as an insecticide against the parasitic Varroa mite.
- As a rust remover in such applications as automotive shops and for the restoration of antiques.
- As a recommended surface pretreatment for stainless steels (surface etch) before application of solid metal or polymer self-lubricating coatings.
- For polishing stones and marble.
- Used in the acid treatment for destroying warts
