Pete Keillor fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
correct, and by 25% dilution, I meant to cut the acid 25%/75% with water.
A roughly 10% solution of HCl is much more vigorous than a 10% acetic acid solution. Even (almost) glacial acetic acid is not all that scary to handle. Used to mix my own photo stop bath from scratch.
LLoyd