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Rust removal on non chrome raw frame.

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gary67:
Hi,whats the best and quickest remover of rust on a rawed frame(previous owner going for the rat look!)I've read about the vinegar,coke etc regarding chromed parts.Do these methods still apply to a raw frame?cheers Gary

bobafett:

Should work just fine mate - or fully submerse it in a tub filled with vinegar or water mixed with citric acid powder - safe and effective  :)

animal:
B careful I have had problems with using vinegar . I.e. 2 clean up some drop outs I stuck the fork legs in jam jars full of vinegar . Did the job I wanted great but the only draw back was it left a micron deep line around the forks where the top of the vinegar was. I can only assume it was some sort of electrolitic action  with exposure 2 the air >:(

gary67:

--- Quote from: ANIMAL on July 13, 2010, 09:23 PM ---B careful I have had problems with using vinegar . I.e. 2 clean up some drop outs I stuck the fork legs in jam jars full of vinegar . Did the job I wanted great but the only draw back was it left a micron deep line around the forks where the top of the vinegar was. I can only assume it was some sort of electrolitic action  with exposure 2 the air >:(

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  :shocked: Glad you told me that as i was about to leave the headtube in a bucket of vinegar to see how it worked!
 Anyhow heres some pics of a rusty Standard Bullitt-

 http://s1029.photobucket.com/albums/y356/TheG67/Standard%20Bullitt%2001/

bobafett:

--- Quote from: Gary67 on July 14, 2010, 07:05 PM ---
--- Quote from: ANIMAL on July 13, 2010, 09:23 PM ---B careful I have had problems with using vinegar . I.e. 2 clean up some drop outs I stuck the fork legs in jam jars full of vinegar . Did the job I wanted great but the only draw back was it left a micron deep line around the forks where the top of the vinegar was. I can only assume it was some sort of electrolitic action  with exposure 2 the air >:(

--- End quote ---

  :shocked: Glad you told me that as i was about to leave the headtube in a bucket of vinegar to see how it worked!
 Anyhow heres some pics of a rusty Standard Bullitt-

 http://s1029.photobucket.com/albums/y356/TheG67/Standard%20Bullitt%2001/

--- End quote ---

Yours is a bare frame so Steves "bleaching" of the chrome won't effect you  ;)

Personally with that frame I would go full submersion in a big tub with citric acid powder mixed with water - very effective, cheap and safe  :daumenhoch:

And if you get the food grade citric acid powder you can make some nice desserts with whats left  :LolLolLolLol:

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