66 Dart GT HT Whatsitgonnabe?

360DartGT66 said

Alright, Matt! Now I've finally been able to lay my mittens on a keg of molasses! 15 kilograms of the stuff. I'm going to sink the other LCA into that stuff right now (1:9 mix) and leave it until at least Sunday afternoon. If it needs more, I'll let it sit over next week.

This'll be exciting! I'm wondering, how important is the TSP for post-process cleaning? What does it do, chemically?

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It prevents flash rust on the bare metal. I scrub the part with a wire brush to make sure everything is clean before i remove it for good, then rinse with the TSP / water mixture (before) the molasses / water mixture dries, and the part wont flash rust. Let it air dry, or heat lamp it afterwards, primer, and paint it. I live in a somewhat dry environment so i actually have parts i pulled from the mixture , sprayed with the tsp, let dry on my workbench and have not primered with anything for months.