[Philmont]: Tetrox, continued....

Still available, I believe. Now marketed by Ecolab, Inc.

See, e.g.,
http://www.mstores.umich.edu/catalog/general/custodial_products/detergents/printindex.html

MSDS: http://www.fsafood.com/msds/MSDS_Products.asp?letter=T

Appears to now be a very minor product.

Daniel P. Bestul wrote:
> Specifically, an industrial strength detergent. Back in the day of
> cooking over an open fire, crews mixed up a paste of the Tetrox powder
> and water, and smeared it on the outside of the cooking pots. The paste
> cooked up to a nice, crusty shell that cleaned off relatively easily.
>
> Ingesting a very small amount would do an equally good job of cleaning
> out your gastro-intestinal system, hence the "Tetrox Trots".
>
> Dan Bestul
> Monroe, WI
> Philmont 1974 and 2003
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
> Behalf Of ps-johnson@comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:45 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
> Subject: Re: Re: [Philmont]: Lyrics to "Edge of Texas"?
>
>
> Tetrox is soap. Never actually used the stuff, as I am far too young,
> but I have heard of it. It came in a brown pouch, in the form of little
> chips or flakes, I think.
>
>
> Peter Johnson
>

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