Muratic acid weed killer mix

[bc]

Hello. Got a gallon of Muratic acid left over after trying to fix a radiator. Can't keep it in the barn as it will off gas and make things rust around it. Just as well use it for a brush/weed killer for the driveway and fence lines. Just wondering what the amount of mix per gallon of water in a hand sprayer should be? I want those driveway weeds and grass to be dead, dead. I got plenty of pasture fence line that grows that 6 foot tall stuff if I don't control it. Thanks.

 

[4play]

I would look up other uses before this one but 1 part acid to 20 parts solution.

 

[Jeff NWOH]

This doesn't answer your question, but I keep gallons of muriatic acid in a 5 gal bucket with a lid(old drywall mud bucket). It seems to stop the mess they usually make. It's funny when you open it, it looks like the acid sweats right through the gallon jugs.

 

[Charlie M]

I wouldn't use it for that purpose. Muratic acid is a very strong acid and everywhere you spray will be acidic for a while and could burn what ever walks through it until rain dilutes it out or the hydrogen chloride that forms the acid has evaporated.

 

[MJMJ]

It will kill plants, but it won’t sterilize the soil if thats what you’re thinking. No different than just using gly.

 

[bc]

Thanks. I dumped the excess after cleaning the radiator and it killed the weeds very quick.