I love Evaporust!

[Dana67Dart]

A little over 24 hours went from this....

To this

Best of all no metal loss like acid does




It also makes chrome sparkle like new.

Doesn't do anything to pits or loose chrome but dang!

 

[hemi71x]

Me too.
Been using it for i don't know how many years.
Can't remember how i ever found out about that Evaporust product, but it sure does it's job nicely, with all the suspension, and brake parts that i rebuild.

 

[CFD244]

Awesome stuff. I bought a '70 Cuda slapstick for20 bucks at a swap meet that looked rotten. I was so surprised when I pulled it out of the bucket.....Looked like new.

 

[rklein383]

I have had great success with it as well.

 

[RustyRatRod]

I do like it and I've used it a good bit, but so far, I've not figured out how to keep it from losing its strength and it loses it pretty quickly. I've tried straining it too. I'm beginning to wonder if maybe I got a bad batch.

 

[4spdragtop]

I tried same thing, it goes thru a chemical change and loses its strength. Key is to use it warm and fill as many voids as possible.
Have to get creative with trays/containers/tubes. For example don't use a gallon to clean a wrench. Use just enough to keep part saturated.
5 gallon pail here is over $100, so try to make it last.

I do like it and I've used it a good bit, but so far, I've not figured out how to keep it from losing its strength and it loses it pretty quickly. I've tried straining it too. I'm beginning to wonder if maybe I got a bad batch.

 

[RustyRatRod]

I tried same thing, it goes thru a chemical change and loses its strength. Key is to use it warm and fill as many voids as possible.
Have to get creative with trays/containers/tubes. For example don't use a gallon to clean a wrench. Use just enough to keep part saturated.
5 gallon pail here is over $100, so try to make it last.

Ouch.

 

[j_anderson]

I do like it and I've used it a good bit, but so far, I've not figured out how to keep it from losing its strength and it loses it pretty quickly. I've tried straining it too. I'm beginning to wonder if maybe I got a bad batch.

I've noticed I can make it last a little longer if I thoroughly clean and degrease what ever I'm soaking.

As it evaporates, you can add water to it to bring the volume of fluid back up too but I've had good luck using it in sealed containers or tins pans covered with foil, etc..

 

[harrisonm]

You can get similar/better results with fine ground glass or glass beads in a blasting cabinet.

 

[Divenut]

Yeah. It's good stuff.

 

[Bodyperson]

I like it too. I soaked my bulkhead in it right in the car. It was an experiment but all the green fuzzy stuff is gone. Appears benign otherwise.

 

[hemi71x]

You can get similar/better results with fine ground glass or glass beads in a blasting cabinet.

Ya, that may be true, but not many of us have the luxury of owning a bead blasting cabinet in our garage, or shop, so Evaporust is the way to go.

 

[4spdragtop]

Evaporust is nowhere near as aggressive as blasting. Also set it in and go do something else while it soaks.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Evaporust is nowhere near as aggressive as blasting. Also set it in and go do something else while it soaks.

Yeah, lots of times you don't need the aggressiveness of blasting. It can change the finish on things and sometimes that's not desirable.

 

[Dana67Dart]

I do like it and I've used it a good bit, but so far, I've not figured out how to keep it from losing its strength and it loses it pretty quickly

What i do is buy 2 gallons, one gallon is the first pass, the second gallon is the second pass. I use a paint strainer to strain the liquid in and out of the container.

I bought some gallon and 2 gallon plastic food containers from Sam's club that I put the parts in.

Also the product will look bad but still has a lot of life.

You have to be patient, it's not like acid that reacts instantly.

Also clean the parts ahead of time get as much grease and grime off as posable. They also talk about adding water to the liquid if it evaporates. So if you start with a gallon and only have 3/4 left, add a 1/4 gallon of water to rejuvenate it.

 

[Bodyperson]

I use it as a precursor to blasting. How good does it got to look under there. I hate filling stuff like that up with grit. I used walnut shells for a while but it still messed with stuff.

 

[Dana67Dart]

5 gallon pail here is over $100, so try to make it last

I get mine from Harbor Freight, they have coupons and it comes out to about 20 to 25 per gallon.

 

[Bodyperson]

You can buy it in 55 gallon barrels. Got a swimming pool. lol

 

[ch1ll]

Ya, that may be true, but not many of us have the luxury of owning a bead blasting cabinet in our garage, or shop, so Evaporust is the way to go.

Sand blasting/glass beading blah blah blah SUCKS. Spend all that time making a mess. Screw that, just drop it in a bucket of that stuff and forget about it till it’s done, rinse it off.

Personally I prefer electrolysis.

 

[Dana67Dart]

You can buy it in 55 gallon barrels. Got a swimming pool. lol

I was looking into the what if of building an above ground swimming pool the shape of my Dart convert, adding weighted containers to reduce the volume of liquid needed in the passenger compartment, trunk, engine compartment and soaking the entire car.

BUT... it's still a **** ton of Evap o rust.

 

[hemi71x]

I tried same thing, it goes thru a chemical change and loses its strength. Key is to use it warm and fill as many voids as possible.
Have to get creative with trays/containers/tubes. For example don't use a gallon to clean a wrench. Use just enough to keep part saturated.
5 gallon pail here is over $100, so try to make it last.

With my military discount at O'Reily's, i am able to buy a 5 gallon of Evaporust in the low $90.00 dollar figure.

 

[Bodyperson]

I was looking into the what if of building an above ground swimming pool the shape of my Dart convert, adding weighted containers to reduce the volume of liquid needed in the passenger compartment, trunk, engine compartment and soaking the entire car.

BUT... it's still a **** ton of Evap o rust.

As long as it stays wet, it works. They actually do use swimming pools and circulate it with pumps to keep it as wet as possible.
I did a roof on a 1953 chevy with it. High quality shop towels and cover it with plastic. Saran type plastic. I use car cover plastic for bagging cars. I did it twice 48 hours at a time. It worked pretty good. A light blasting after that.

 

[413]

Clean your parts first. Any grease or oil, even the residue will kill the evaporust FAST!

Don't pour the used stuff back in with the new stuff, start a separate container.