Rust Removal Test
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Racer
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From: peachtree city ga
Rust Removal Test
For what it is worth:
I just completed an unscientific test on rusted railroad spikes. Only part of the spikes were submerged in the products. I allowed them all to soak for 25 hours in a non-environmentally controlled enclosed garage. Outside day temp was about 65 degrees. Night temp around 45 degrees.
Results:
1. Evapo Rust
2. Ospho
3. Kano Exrust
4. Bullfrog
5. Metal Rescue
I have some good pix. Note: Ospho and Kano are tied for second. Also, I used to use field-grade molasses as a rust cleaner. Bullfrog is the ONLY product you can use against gravity and hope it sticks for a while. It looks like molasses and has a slightly less thicker consistency than molasses. Hmm.
pix: https://drive.google.com/folderview?...mM&usp=sharing
I just completed an unscientific test on rusted railroad spikes. Only part of the spikes were submerged in the products. I allowed them all to soak for 25 hours in a non-environmentally controlled enclosed garage. Outside day temp was about 65 degrees. Night temp around 45 degrees.
Results:
1. Evapo Rust
2. Ospho
3. Kano Exrust
4. Bullfrog
5. Metal Rescue
I have some good pix. Note: Ospho and Kano are tied for second. Also, I used to use field-grade molasses as a rust cleaner. Bullfrog is the ONLY product you can use against gravity and hope it sticks for a while. It looks like molasses and has a slightly less thicker consistency than molasses. Hmm.
pix: https://drive.google.com/folderview?...mM&usp=sharing
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Maybe it's just me, but from the pics it looks like the spike treated with Bullfrog was the cleanest.
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I got frustrated and removed all my railroad spikes from my C5 years ago. 
I have had pretty good luck with Griot's Rust Remover. I had a garbage disposal where the impellers were rusted so bad they would not move. I tried everything I had with no luck. Finally sprayed the Griot's in and left it overnight, next day all the rust was gone.
I have had pretty good luck with Griot's Rust Remover. I had a garbage disposal where the impellers were rusted so bad they would not move. I tried everything I had with no luck. Finally sprayed the Griot's in and left it overnight, next day all the rust was gone.
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Racer
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From: peachtree city ga
In Response to Huesmann
1. I would hope what part of the spike is obvious, but yes, the top 1/3 was submerged in the products in the same timeframe.
2. I did this purely as an experiment and sharing the results. It was not meant to imply the vette is prone to rusting. I assume since most of us own vettes, we like to tinker with our cars and other projects. Practical applications range from nuts, bolts, saw blades, etc.
Thanx for the questions.
2. I did this purely as an experiment and sharing the results. It was not meant to imply the vette is prone to rusting. I assume since most of us own vettes, we like to tinker with our cars and other projects. Practical applications range from nuts, bolts, saw blades, etc.
Thanx for the questions.
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From: Kensington MD
My question was not if the Vette is prone to rusting, but if so, is there a part that is? I know there's not as much steel in the things as there is plastic, fiber, and aluminum, but the jacking rails are steel at least!
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Cleaning brake rusted rotors, cleaning under ground locations, cleaning mechanical fasteners.
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These chemicals do not remove the rust (iron oxide) from the surface, they are "rust converters", and change it to iron phosphate, which is a chemically inert compound. These all contain phosphoric acid in their formulation. Some of the "rust converters" change ferric oxide into ferrous sulfate, which is also inert. The black coating you see on those spikes is a surface layer of iron phosphate as a result of the chemical reaction with the phosphoric acid in those different products. They stop rust, they don't prevent it, and they can be left as is or painted, that surface is like a primer and holds paint well.
Some people use coke, lemon juice, vinegar, toilet bowl rust and lime remover, oven cleaner - other acids to do the same thing, but they can also pit the surface of the metal.
Some people use coke, lemon juice, vinegar, toilet bowl rust and lime remover, oven cleaner - other acids to do the same thing, but they can also pit the surface of the metal.
Last edited by mrlmd; Feb 5, 2016 at 05:38 PM.