My V8 Sierra project ..... maybe I will finish this one !

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:15 pm

You're certainly dedicated !!

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

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:39 pm

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.

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:46 pm

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

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:01 pm

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

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:16 pm

patience is something I lack lol

unstable load · Post by **unstable load** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:02 am

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.....

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:07 am

OK
that is imressive.
I think I am going to try this with a pair of brake calipers!
Best regards
Mike

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:18 pm

So where do we buy Molasses ?

terziakis · Post by **terziakis** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:32 pm

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).

gelmonkey · Post by **gelmonkey** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:59 pm

Oxalyic acid is also very good for cleaning up metal.
We use it to clean stainless up and it works a treat.
P

stevieturbo · Post by **stevieturbo** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:08 pm

Is that readily available ? Is that what it would be used for ?

unstable load · Post by **unstable load** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:23 am

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.

gelmonkey · Post by **gelmonkey** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:56 am

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

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:21 am

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

unstable load · Post by **unstable load** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 5:51 am

Depending on exactly what that is, you should keep it far away from the shiny bits as it will corrode stainless steel if it is this stuff.....
http://www.tergo.co.nz/Tech%20Data/HTML ... salts.html