Muriatic Acid is the common name for Hydrochloric Acid. Wear gloves and eye protection.
When you are done, add the baking soda solution in small amounts to the acid solution to neutralize the acid prior to disposal.
The alcohol is a great idea, helps get the water out even faster.
Also, good ventilation is very important, and you don't want those acid fumes inside or anywhere near metal. It's nasty stuff, and you don't want to breathe it either. I've seen rags that were soaked with Muriatic acid and wrung out without a proper rinse left next to a tool box, and the chrome on the tools IN the box pitted and corroded within a couple weeks.
