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Title: citric acid bath???
Post by: hokuspokus74 on March 03, 2014, 01:28 PM

Hi...did my first citric acid bath,it has worked better than what the OA bath did,but since i have dried the f&F it seems as if there is pitting coming through,and i had put gt bars in it as-well with pitting on them but it never shifted it or when i had them in the OA bath the same thing happened,wouldnt move the pitting...any ideas guy's to why all this is happening etc

graham :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: citric acid bath???
Post by: rodriguez on March 03, 2014, 01:48 PM

You can only remove surface rust, you can't get rid of the pitting unfortunately that's there to stay, far less noticeable when you give it a polish though.

BTW did the wife have a good soak  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: citric acid bath???
Post by: hokuspokus74 on March 03, 2014, 04:44 PM

LMAO  "wantit" she needs to take a few more frames in with her :p

I will see what i can polish it with,or what do you recommend to use...pledge... :2funny:

Title: Re: citric acid bath???
Post by: rodriguez on March 03, 2014, 05:12 PM

That a girl.

Metal polish, Peek is what a lot of people use and it's cheap at B&Q if there's one handy to you.

http://www.diy.com/nav/rooms/cleaning-laundry/household-cleaning/cleaning_products/-specificproducttype-for_metal/Peek-Metal-Polish-Tube-50g-11697595'skuId=12208301

Title: Re: citric acid bath???
Post by: hokuspokus74 on March 03, 2014, 05:42 PM

Yeah there is a B&Q not far from me here so when am in work tomorrow i will nip out and get one :daumenhoch: cheers mate