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Title: removing rust
Post by: Gish on February 02, 2011, 06:16 PM

found some sugino chainring bolts in back of shed today what i put away 18 months ago :D got  rust on them now so just wanting to know what i could use to clean them with ::) 

Title: Re: removing rust
Post by: Betty on February 02, 2011, 06:17 PM

Drop em in a glass of coke overnight...  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: removing rust
Post by: brettypeeps on February 02, 2011, 06:41 PM

and not the powder sort :daumenhoch:

Quote from: Batty on February 02, 2011, 06:17 PM

Drop em in a glass of coke overnight...  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: removing rust
Post by: NORTY40 on February 02, 2011, 06:47 PM

Lemon juice works wonders too  ;) 

Title: Re: removing rust
Post by: BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN on February 02, 2011, 07:09 PM

 ??? what for sniffing ? gonna sting i would have thought !

Title: Re: removing rust
Post by: James Nada on February 02, 2011, 07:58 PM

Quote from: NORTY40 on February 02, 2011, 06:47 PM

Lemon juice works wonders too  ;) 

:daumenhoch:
Smells better than Coke too. Just don't rub your eyes before washing your hands.

Title: Re: removing rust
Post by: Karmann on February 02, 2011, 11:20 PM

Malt vinegar works a treat, 17p for half a litre at tesco, I went and bought about 30 bottles to put in a large container to remove rust from car parts and worked really well, just let them soak for 24 hours then scrub with a stiff nylon brush. and dont put alloy parts in or they disapear supposedley!

Title: Re: removing rust
Post by: bobafett on February 03, 2011, 12:06 AM

Vinegar or Lemon juice - coke is crap.

I actually use citric acid powder diluted in water now as it's far cheaper than lemon juice or vinegar per litre and it's the acid that's doing the work at the end of the day ;)

Using the citric Acid powder also means you can fully submerse large items without buying gallons of vinegar or lemon juice !  :D

Title: Re: removing rust
Post by: Hiro Tonka on February 03, 2011, 11:53 AM

Poundland do a bottle of rust remover, just add water .
Not tried it though