Home Brew Rust remover

[CHUCKS71]

 

[NoMope Greg]

    


I have a rusty set of headers and a large trash can...

[Topcat]

   


I have a rusty set of headers and a large trash can...

I hear that you can get big sacks of powdered mollasses at the hay feed type stores.
Then use something like a big horse water trough. Dip you whole diff in there or engine block.

[71bigblock]

Topcat's right.  We have fed 50 lb sacks to the cows.  Not at one time of course, just a few pounds for the whole herd per day.  That would dilute pretty good I think. 

[Jacksboys]

Very interesting....hummm 

[Topcat]

Before and after.

I did wire brush it but it only took a minute to get it like this.
Everything came right off washing and brushing at the same time.

[71chally416]

Very impressive! Now, about this stuff also removing copper. Will that affect the amature windings and the field by taking the varnish off the wires? You might now have a dead short so I would hook the starter to a battery and bench test it if you don't want it to catch on fire in the car and burn the car up. 

[Aussie Challenger]

  Doesn't attack any painted surface and that includes the varnish on the copper wires, it is however a good idea to test in case the varnish had already started to break down.   

[71chally416]

I'm going to try this stuff on some heads I have that are rusted. I'll post up the results. 

[Topcat]

I'm going to try this stuff on some heads I have that are rusted. I'll post up the results. 

Definitely post pics of the progress and your findings. 

Anyone thought about doing this to a slightly rusty trunk lid? Beats blasting sheetmetal.


I bought some of those wire brush kits from harbor freight the other day when I was there shopping for some other stuff. They're 99 cents and really work good loosening up thick spots. I recommend taking it out after the second day and wire brush the heavy spots then back in again to help speed up the process. If you want to keep a natural look and don't want to paint afterwards, you can get some stuff from the company called Evapo Rust to prevent cast rust flash coming back. I had a free sample I got at SEMA and put it on the starter.

http://www.evapo-rust.co.nz/rust%20block%20dle%20email%20vs.pdf

[Jacksboys]

WOW that is very impressive.   

[Topcat]

The rust block product I mentioned about would work well on keeping non painted metal parts like on suspension components from rusting if you're planning on going back to OEM stock show car. It doesn't leave a film thats visible.