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Torrance1

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Hello All

I just wanted to share this "Rust" removal method I used yesterday on
my 74 Dart

The car had a vinyl roof which finally pulling up, showing rust under it..

I've had way to many projects and although I know when you see "Rust" you have
to get on it ASAP, I did not, and the few times I started to, It was too much
wire wheel, sanding, chemical, $$ just never got to it..

But I do use Vinegar for Rust removal on parts that can fit into a plastic container..
Just could not figure out how to get the roof into the container...
But what I do come up with is this I laid clean rags on the roof, then soaked them
in Vinegar. I placed a plastic sheet over them then a piece of cardboard over that
and put some weight on top
This morning went out and pulled everything off. Then I washed the roof down with
water and a brush.. I spotted some places with a Rust Oleum product, that takes about
30 min...
Anyway the point is that Vinegar is very effect in rust removal, even on the roof,
of course it will work like this example any place you can keep the cloth next to the
rust..
I'm planning on going out at 6AM wipe down the roof, and spay with Epoxy primer.
Hope this can help others.
Best
PS: yes that is the rust from the roof on those rags
Guess I got so busy I forgot to take photos after the washed the roof down..
it will be full of black, I ran a wire wheel over it to smooth it all out...
I guess why I'm shy of doing auto painting is just this situation
once you have bare metal, it will surface rust so fast.

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I would brush naveljelly all over it and let it set for about 3hrs and it will look great.
 
That pic your showin, it ain't clean son. You need to remove all the corrosion from the metal to clean bare grey colored steel. If you leave anything behind, then covering it up with epoxy primer ain't gonna fix it. Its gonna keep on going.

Naval jelly and plastic to hold it in place. Keep reapplying until you have clean bare steel. Work small areas maybe 20" square at a time. For your rinse water use a mixture of water and trisodium phosphate and a wire brush to scrub to neutralize the acid and prevent flash rust. You buy powdered trisodium phosphate at lowes or home depot in the paint section for about $7 add a couple tablespoons to a half gallon of water. Stir it up into solution.

Primer your clean steel with a good professional epoxy primer. Not rattle can ****.
 
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It is actually ready for paint
the photos don't really show how clean
it is...
This was just to show how you can use
a $2.50 gallon of Vinegar to remove rust

I only used 2 quarts.

I think I have this handled.
 
Them pictures remind me of them 'Red Asphalt' movies.

Well, hopefully it all works out ok. Thanks for sharing your experience with vinegar. It works pretty good on pennies too.
 
I just soaked a bike chain in Vinegar yesterday, cleaned it up enough to have it flex again and go through the derailer. The bottom of the pan was coated with rust flakes. Good stuff. That's the same way they tell you to apply other rust products (evaporust), wet towels and plastic sheeting. There was a guy who took 5 gallons of something and put a hood in a kiddie pool and used a fountain pump to let the stuff just flow over the hood for a day. Worked great. Not an option for a hood of course.
 
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I like Evaporust.
Stuff is non toxic, no odor and works amazingly.
 
I clean inside radiators with Coke cola.
Cap the inlet / outlet and stand up right and fill with coke. Let sit over night and the crap that comes out next day is sometimes sick.

Just goes to show you that cleaning rust and debris does not need to cost you a ton of money.
 
Hmmmmmmmmm I was going to pour myself a Rum & Coke maybe Ill have a Rye & Water instead?:lol:
 
Torrance1 said:
It is actually ready for paint
the photos don't really show how clean
it is...
This was just to show how you can use
a $2.50 gallon of Vinegar to remove rust

I only used 2 quarts.

I think I have this handled.
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Then let's see a picture of how clean it is. The picture you showed looks really rough. Please.

sabre67 said:
Hmmmmmmmmm I was going to pour myself a Rum & Coke maybe Ill have a Rye & Water instead?:lol:
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Ahh. Rum and Coke. My FAVORITE drink. Try Sailor Jerry's Rum.
 
Lord Sparky said:
There are a lot of materials that vinegar destroys. Consumer Reports just had an article about it.
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Soak a piston pin it it overnight. Say goodbye to the chrome plating or whatever the shiny stuff was. it will turn it gray, but will still be smooth. The gray wont wipe off. Put a drop of vinegar on a 'skin tag' every night and in a week it will be gone.
 
coke at least in the past has a small amount of
phosphoric acid in it,
in the 60's we'd use coke on the chrome, then use
aluminum foil and wipe over the area, the aluminum
leaves a coating to resist rust.
Any type of acid will desolve rust. It is just that
vinegar comes in 1 gal bottles and is $2.50
and is environmentally friendly
decades ago I used Tech grade phosphoric acid, when
it was like $10 a gal, now it's $32 a gal
my point about the rags is that you can do larger
pieces at home, fenders, inner fenders hood, trunk lids
The bumpers on my wagon show no rust through the
chrome but the back side does, so It will get a
vinegar bath
 
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