Then, at the end, my A&P always mentions "By the way, I had to clean up
your battery box...", inducing my usual smack-to-the forehead reaction...

And, of course, your immediate review of your written inspection procedures
revealed that you missed a step? You DO have a set of inspection
procedures, don't you? Hmmm...
{;-)
I can port you the BlueOnBlue procedures, not that they will in any way
resemble Assless procedures, but you will have a reference point to start.



BTW: When cleaning my battery I didn't have anything on hand to
neutralize the spilled acid. While painstakingly scraping and vacuuming
up the crud, Mary produced a paper towel soaked with -- get this -- PICKLE
JUICE. Yes, we had her home-made dill pickles in the fridge, and what's
in pickles? Vinegar!

And what is vinegar but acetic acid. So you neutralized acid with acid?
Not in my chem class you don't. You could have used window-cleaning
ammonia to do the neutralization, but the stuff of choice is plain old
Arm&Hammer baking soda at about a 10% concentration in water. When it stops
bubbling with each fresh application, you is done.


Jim