Soaking Solultion to Remove Rust

[t5montecarlo]

I had researched the commercial solutions that will remove rust by soaking in a solution overnight. All had reviews that were not overwhelming and some reviewers reported having better success with vinegar. I tried 5% distilled white vinegar for a week, but perhaps a shorter time would have been enough. Here are the before/after pictures.

The bucket contained 1 other rusty bracket (the one that retains the top of the heater core) and all of the bolts.

If I had to do it again, I would not soak all of the bolts. I rinsed all of the parts several times and dried them with compressed air, but still had to clean each one individually with a brass wire brush to remove the rust stain.

 

[bowtie81]

Not bad at all.

 

[Doober]

Have you also checked this out?

Electrolytic Rust Removal Aka Magic

Electrolytic Rust Removal Aka Magic: This is a relatively simple, safe and cheap way to remove light or heavy rust from any ferrous object. I used this process to restore an old wood plane that I bought for $1 (it looked totally un-usable because of the rust). As opposed to grinding, h…

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[t5montecarlo]

Electrolytic rust removal is pretty slick, too.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Everyone I've spoken to that has used Evaporist has raved about it. I have used Metal Rescue and found it to work pretty well.

Tommy