It took me near 9 years before I took the dash or carpet out of mine lol. And that was mostly to fix the heater
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:39 pm
by Mark
Getting bored now ...
Shopping time
Morrisons vinegar 13p a bottle
A few weeks soaking with a quick wire brush once a week has woked wonders.
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:46 pm
by stevieturbo
How much effort did that require ?
I seen on another forum where a guy put his old brake discs into something. I think it was coke, and the difference after soaking was pretty amazing.
I did try with some cheap tesco coke and it did sweet FA lol
Is vinegar a better choice ? Or original coke maybe ?
I took to my front hubs with a grinder/flap wheel to clean and smooth them. Was bored one day ! Didnt take long either.
Wire knot wheel in a grinder is a good job too, albeit dangerous.
And is that the entire underside stripped to bare metal ??? patience of a saint ! lol
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:01 pm
by Mark
Not too much effort at all, just patience !
I've probably spent around half an hour with the wire brush in total so far on the hubs.
The underside I have spent a scary amount of time on
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:16 pm
by stevieturbo
patience is something I lack lol
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:02 am
by unstable load
You can also use a molasses solution to strip away rust from steel. It takes a while (weeks) but if you have the space and time, it's a cheap effective way of doing it.
I'll guess it smell better than the vinegar, too.....
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:07 am
by kiwicar
OK
that is imressive.
I think I am going to try this with a pair of brake calipers!
Best regards
Mike
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:18 pm
by stevieturbo
So where do we buy Molasses ?
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:32 pm
by terziakis
I have used citric acid to clear rust away, water + few spoons citric acid to bucket, and parts in, couple days later parts are clean, may need little brushing.
Here in Finland you can buy that citric acid from agricultural stores (I don't know is it right word).
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:59 pm
by gelmonkey
Oxalyic acid is also very good for cleaning up metal.
We use it to clean stainless up and it works a treat.
P
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:08 pm
by stevieturbo
Is that readily available ? Is that what it would be used for ?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:23 am
by unstable load
Molasses is an ingredient in some animal feeds, so your local farmers' suppliers should have it or at least know where you can get it.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:56 am
by gelmonkey
stevieturbo wrote:Is that readily available ? Is that what it would be used for ?
Whilst you can no longer buy it over the counter at your local chemists it is available through companies like Interlabs.
I dont know exactly what its main usage is but it does work very well on removing rusty marks,cleaning metals and getting rid of stains in gel coat.
Cheers
P
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:21 am
by kiwicar
Hi
my Dad used to use domestic heating system flushing liquid as a general pickleing liquid for steel and copper, used to work a treat. Better than battery acid, it would remove virtually any gunge, scale after heat treating.
Best regrads
Mike
