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Cheap as chips rust removal…
Posted on one of the car forums I frequent.
http://www.cookhaus.co.uk/vinegar/index.htm
Not any relevance to signmaking – just thought the results were stunning.
Wonder if he’ll do a veg-oil conversion to complete the whole chip shop experience…
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handy to know that actually… cheers dave. 😀
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Very interesting………..so what does vinegar on your chips do to your stomach 😮
John
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Fascinating … It looks almost to good to be true. Im definitely buying some malt vinegar tomorrow to try this out.
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I took this from http://www.ezinearticles.com
Believe it or not, you can use vinegar to remove rust from your old truck. It is not only cheap but easy too.
By now you have probably found a couple of rust stains in your old truck and are worrying about it. And you should worry because, if you don’t do something about it, the corrosion will slowly eat up the metal and give you a much bigger headache.
The rust removal technique we are going to teach you here works fine on superficial rust only. If the stain has already become a hole, this won’t solve the problem. But it will remove the rust stain and you will only have to sand the surface and paint it again. You will have to do this inside your garage and not in the open.
First, get some white vinegar. Depending on the size of the stain you may need a whole gallon or even more since you will have to soak the corroded surface overnight.
You will also need a couple of brushes and a few rags for a thorough rust removal.
If the corroded surface is on a particular part that you can remove from your old truck, do so and find a container big enough to house the part. Let’s say you have a corroded headlight housing. Get a plastic bucket, put the white vinegar in it and put the headlight housing inside. Let it soak overnight. The next day, give the headlight housing a good wash, preferably with a hose or a light pressure washer and presto! The rust is gone. Now you must thoroughly dry the headlight housing, prime it and paint it again.
If the corrosion stain is on a bigger part, say a door or a fender, use the rags to soak the stain. Get the rags and soak them completely in white vinegar. Put the soaked rags over the rust stain and let them there overnight. In the morning, remove the rags and give the part a thorough wash with a hose or even a light pressure washer to completely remove the corrosion stain.
As you know, vinegar is very corrosive and there is something else you have to do before painting to protect the metal. Apply a thin coat of phosphoric acid to the surface of the bare metal, after the corrosion is removed. You can use a rag or a paper towel for that. Phosphoric acid can be found in auto parts stores under generic names like rust remover, naval jelly or even miracle paint.
To make sure the rust removal process is done right it is also important that the corroded part or surface is not left in contact with vinegar longer than necessary. After all, as we said above vinegar is a corrosive solution and it will eat up the metal too. The ideal for most cases of rust is to soak between 8 to 10 hours and then apply the phosphoric acid.
One final word: as I said above this technique works only for small rust stains that haven’t completely corroded the metal and opened a whole in it. Vinegar will not restore the metal. In fact it only attacks the corrosion and cleans the metal, so to speak. But if left there it will destroy the metal even faster and deeper than natural corrosion.
So, trust vinegar to remove rust from your old truck but make sure you don’t overdo it.
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wouldn’t it be quicker to use Phosphoric acid on a rag in the first place?
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I have heard that cola does the same job!
I am a bit reluctant to believe the prop shaft was actually rusty, the cleaned article looked almost new and no signs of any pitting etc.
More likely to have just been oxidised paint. ?
But anyway Im off to find a rusty item in my garage to see if it works.Peter
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Right I found an old spanner (it was in the garden)
I know vinegar is an acid and will disolve
the rust, but But I am interested to see if it works as well as shown on the prop shaft. Will update the results tomorrow eveningIts a 1 1/2 inch BSF btw, and its fizzing away nicely
Peter
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would it not be better in some form of can to submerge it a bit better peter? even if only the head of the spanner you will be able to see a proper before and after?
remember and use the brush on it too tomorrow. 😀
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Rob, the head is submerged
but I only had a limited amount of Sarsons and It is a big spanner.
I used a lot on my fish and chips, last Friday
2p added for reference, and to see if they come up clean also
Peter
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quote Peter Normington:used a lot on my fish and chips, last Friday
better watch Lynn doesn’t stick that back in the bottle and you get it this Friday with your chips. 😉
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That should leave a lovely smell in your kitchen Peter!!
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Don’t think I’ll try it – the only vinegar I have in the house is Balsamic or the stuff my picked chillis have been floating around in
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Rob I thought I would do that, then he gets a big in take of iron as well 😀
Lynn
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quote David Rogers:Don’t think I’ll try it – the only vinegar I have in the house is Balsamic or the stuff my picked chillis have been floating around in
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Balsamic?
I didnt think Dundee was into posh stuff?
Peter 😀
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quote Lynn:Rob I thought I would do that, then he gets a big in take of iron as well 😀
Lynn
yep, nothing like putting a spanner in his works lynn, pardon the pun. 😉 :lol1:
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quote Peter Normington:Right I found an old spanner (it was in the garden)I know vinegar is an acid and will disolve
the rust, but But I am interested to see if it works as well as shown on the prop shaft. Will update the results tomorrow eveningIts a 1 1/2 inch BSF btw, and its fizzing away nicely
Peter
:police2: How do we know for certain that you really have used Sarsons vinegar and not Tescos own brand?
And how do we know for sure that the spanner really is rusty and it’s not just the paint that is oxidised?
There are too many variables I’m afraid to make the results of this experiment acceptable to the scientific community. This experiment needs to be performed under proper controlled scientific conditions for the results to be valid 😮
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quote Peter Normington:quote David Rogers:Don’t think I’ll try it – the only vinegar I have in the house is Balsamic or the stuff my picked chillis have been floating around in
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Balsamic?
I didnt think Dundee was into posh stuff?
Peter 😀
Yeh, we put it on our deep fried pies. 😛
Anyway – I’m from Arbroath…just an immigrant to Dumpdee!
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quote Phill:quote Peter Normington:Right I found an old spanner (it was in the garden)
I know vinegar is an acid and will disolve
the rust, but But I am interested to see if it works as well as shown on the prop shaft. Will update the results tomorrow eveningIts a 1 1/2 inch BSF btw, and its fizzing away nicely
Peter
:police2: How do we know for certain that you really have used Sarsons vinegar and not Tescos own brand?
And how do we know for sure that the spanner really is rusty and it’s not just the paint that is oxidised?
There are too many variables I’m afraid to make the results of this experiment acceptable to the scientific community. This experiment needs to be performed under proper controlled scientific conditions for the results to be valid 😮
I dont care Phil,
If it cleans my spanner I’ll be happy,
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its a bad workman that lets his tool get rusty! as me auld granny used to say. 😀
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But you’ll have wasted all that expensive Sarsons vinegar – wouldn’t it have been cheaper to just buy a new spanner 😕
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quote Harry Cleary:its a bad workman that lets his tool get rusty! as me auld granny used to say. 😀
Believe it or not Harry, the rust is intentional
I have a row of spanners lined up in a flower bed, this one being the smallest, I gave up using man sized spanner when I started doing signs,
I prefer to call it a patina, rather than rust 😀They are just below the snow covered wash basin on the garage wall
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Peter
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what the hells that doing on the there and more importantly, where is the lavvy pan? 😕
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pink is so yesterday Peter!
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Rob
the Lavvy pan was going to go next to the basin, but I broke it before I had chance to fit it 🙁Peter
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quote Harry Cleary:pink is so yesterday Peter!
That’s why it went in the garden ten years ago…..
Looks nice with petunias and geraniums though, and easy to water
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Spanner update?????
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quote Peter Normington:I have heard that cola does the same job!
PeterYou are right Peter…….cola brings up old coins like new isf you soak them overnight in it.
Lets see the spanner this morning…..
John
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Yeah show us yer spanner 😕
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It’s
Fizzing away nicely,
but I will leave it for a few more hours before taking it out of the vinegar.Peter
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Well I am very suprised great results,
the 2p’s disappeared though!
I am at the moment relabeling 2000 bottles of Sarsons to Normingtons magic rust remover!
Peter
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Now that is impressive – question is,.. has it changed from a 7/8th to a 14/15th 😕
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Is that a KING DICK spanner??? 😀
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Well maybe not as impressive as I thought
less than a minute with a bit of wire wool did a similar thing!
But I found out its not a King Richard, George.Peter
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