Cheapo rust removal

[AXrescuer]

Stolen from another website but I wanted to share this. I've tried it and works brilliantly!

 

http://www.cookhaus.co.uk/vinegar/index.htm

[gtd2000]

Stolen from another website but I wanted to share this. I've tried it and works brilliantly!http://www.cookhaus.co.uk/vinegar/index.htm

This post isn't a day early perchance?

[STUNO]

It does look a bit too good to be true. We need someone to try it though.Someone out there must have a rusty bit they can soak in vinegar .

[whitevanman]

I'd reckon we all had a rusty bit to try it on.............................. I'll do it Thursday after I do the shopping and buy some vinigar

[AXrescuer]

Stolen from another website but I wanted to share this. I've tried it and works brilliantly!http://www.cookhaus.co.uk/vinegar/index.htm

This post isn't a day early perchance?

Nope.

It does look a bit too good to be true. We need someone to try it though.Someone out there must have a rusty bit they can soak in vinegar .

As I said, I've already tried it and it works. I left some bits of my son's bike in a bowl of white vinegar for a couple of days. Came up great after a quick going over with a stiff brush and rinse off.

[Ratdat]

More effective and less stinky...

 

http://www.ratdat.com/?p=155

[ashmicro]

Yup, it does work. I saw that on RR. And it only costs about 3p. I used it on a replacement (breakers yard) caliper for the Rover.

[retrogeezer]

I can also add that a good way too clean rusty chrome is 'proper' coca cola (cheaper stuff doesn't work) and tin foil. Pour on coke, rub with scrunched up tin foil - jobs's a goodun.

[FredTransit]

I can also add that a good way too clean rusty chrome is 'proper' coca cola (cheaper stuff doesn't work) and tin foil. Pour on coke, rub with scrunched up tin foil - jobs's a goodun.

You sure it has to be Coca Cola? Cos Asda's diet coke works a treat on stainless steel sinks.

[AXrescuer]

I can also add that a good way too clean rusty chrome is 'proper' coca cola (cheaper stuff doesn't work) and tin foil. Pour on coke, rub with scrunched up tin foil - jobs's a goodun.

You sure it has to be Coca Cola? Cos Asda's diet coke works a treat on stainless steel sinks.

I think there is a specific ingredient in 'real' Coke that helps the process along. I tried pukka Pepsi and it didn't work nearly as well.

[FredTransit]

It's the acetic acid that works on stainless and ally, even the cheap stuff has that.

[retrogeezer]

I went in B&Q today, no 10 litre drums of Brick cleaner for a fiver....just small 2.5 litre ones at £5.95?Are they still available at your local B&Q Ratdat?

[Ratdat]

I went in B&Q today, no 10 litre drums of Brick cleaner for a fiver....just small 2.5 litre ones at £5.95?Are they still available at your local B&Q Ratdat?

Blimey that's pricey. I've no idea what they have or the price now to be honest. It's over a year since I last bought some and my nearest B&Q is in Grimsby which is about 25 miles away! I'll see if I can get my missus to have a look on her way home from work. Might be worth trying Wickes for the stuff too.

[retrogeezer]

Yeh, wickes might be worth a look..They had similar drums of brick 7 patio sealer...but no cleaner.The member of staff was as helpful as always.

[gtd2000]

I can also add that a good way too clean rusty chrome is 'proper' coca cola (cheaper stuff doesn't work) and tin foil. Pour on coke, rub with scrunched up tin foil - jobs's a goodun.

You sure it has to be Coca Cola? Cos Asda's diet coke works a treat on stainless steel sinks.

I think there is a specific ingredient in 'real' Coke that helps the process along. I tried pukka Pepsi and it didn't work nearly as well.

I remember hearing about the cleaning properties of Coke as a kid - I distinctly remember dropping a penny in a small glass of Coke, leaving it overnight and the next day being disappointed that it looked exactly the same

[seth]

After RatDats recommendation on another thread a couple of weeks ago I've co-incidentally just finished my first experiment of this, using the Patio cleaner from Screwfix.

 

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/12627/Cleaning/Chemicals-and-Detergents/Path-Patio-Cleaner-5Ltr#

 

 

It £5 for 5 litres. I chopped the side out of an old 5l oil containter and poured about half of the cleaner fluid in. Then rather than use something I needed, put one of the old Oxford spring pans in which was very rusty. Within an hour yesterday there were some small areas of bare metal visible and then by this morning, after a quick hose down this was the result, with the other pan as a "before" comparison.

 

 

 

Very impressed! I'll do all the various bits and bobs with this method now. Beats covering myself in dust with a knot brush in the grinder! Cheers RatDat!

[Ratdat]

If it doesn't get all the thick crusty bits off you can chip the worst off with a chisel and chuck them back in. A quick wire brush or blast with a pressure washer before re-soaking also works well.Incidentally, I've found it doesn't seem to touch chrome so you can soak things that are plated but rusty on the back without doing them any harm.