Thread: Rust Removal Technique

Anyone tried this? Does it eat into the material agressively? (I guess it probably isn't too much worse than taking the wire brush or grinder to the piece you're trying to clean up.)

Gentlemen,

I've also heard of people using molasses to de rust their steel bits and pieces... especially farmers.

The steel needs to be covered in the stuff for a few days/weeks but it comes out looking pretty clean..

Give it a go and see how it fares,

Cheers,
Mick.

Molassas is good to clean alliminum but it has to be mixed with diesel, so I am told.

Regarding this method, I do belive it works. Heard about it a while ago :wink:

Only it can be dangerous, got to put the bucket in a place where you can get to it and where kiddies will not touch it.

An old cupboard is great for this and can be shut, thus keeping little fingers out :wink: :wink:

My dad uses molasses for cleaning his vintage car parts, he has an old oil heater tank filled with dilluted molasses and hangs his parts in it for a few days - just dont forget about them or there will be nothing left !

Gents,

re molasses, check this link to my website:

http://members.optusnet.com.au/thebecketts.../rover/rust.htm

Here's the long range tank from my old RR.



Ron

Pretty impressive Ron. Never heard of the molasses method before.

Originally posted by Tiny
Anyone tried this? Does it eat into the material agressively? (I guess it probably isn't too much worse than taking the wire brush or grinder to the piece you're trying to clean up.)

Hi Tiny, its simple electrolysis, the maratime museum and the war memorial use this to remove salt etc from wrecks found at the bottom of the ocean to stop them rotting further. It wont damage the metal you are cleaning because of the sacraficial anodes etc in the solution, it is probably the most effective way of cleaning metal before an acid bath. Matt

Cheers Matt, looks like I've got another mini-project.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]