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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Home Chemistry 2 - Magnesium &#xA;&#xA;In an effort to help improve reactions of the Magnesium ribbon I have at home, I tried cleaning one piece with a sanding block,  and a cleaning block used for cleaning vero / stripboards before soldering.  I got some advice from Science Forums on this. &#xA;&#xA;The result of can be seen in the photo below,  so I have two pieces here for comparison.  The difference is clear. &#xA;&#xA;White Vinegar&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#Home,#Chemistry,#Magnesium.#Tarnish,#Cleaning,#HomeChemistry2&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
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<p>In an effort to help improve reactions of the Magnesium ribbon I have at home, I tried cleaning one piece with a sanding block,  and a cleaning block used for cleaning vero / stripboards before soldering.  I got some advice from <a href="https://www.scienceforums.net" rel="nofollow">Science Forums</a> on this.</p>

<p>The result of can be seen in the photo below,  so I have two pieces here for comparison.  The difference is clear.</p>

<p><img src="https://salsa.debian.org/zleap-guest/blog-media/-/raw/master/magnesiumribbons.JPG" alt="White Vinegar"></p>

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