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I recently read the post about using molasses ($7 a gallon at tractor supply) and water for a cheap an easy rust remover. I also used evap o rust ($16 a gallon Walmart) and some “deoxydoesit” ($30 a gallon).
The evap o rust worked well. Bottle says it will remove rust from 600 lbs of metal. My gallon turned black and stopped working after less than 10 pounds of hardware. It did work well, though.
The deoxydoesit is used to add a phosphorous coating as well as remove rust. I used it after the evap o rust. I soaked in 50/50 deoxydoesit and water for a day or so. Then I heated the fasteners up in my toaster oven and then sprayed wd40 on them.
For the tub of molasses, I used 2 gallons with 20 gallons of water in a 30 gallon trash can. I soaked the springs and strut rods for about 3 weeks.
Every thing is coming out pretty good. Some before and after pics.
The pics are out of order. Had some troubles with my IPad sharing. You can see the state of the strut rods before, then the pair of them after. The before pics of hardware vanished. So the hardware is only after the deoxy. The molasses cleaned off most of the slop gray on the spring cover. So I put it back in to strip it clean.
The evap o rust worked well. Bottle says it will remove rust from 600 lbs of metal. My gallon turned black and stopped working after less than 10 pounds of hardware. It did work well, though.
The deoxydoesit is used to add a phosphorous coating as well as remove rust. I used it after the evap o rust. I soaked in 50/50 deoxydoesit and water for a day or so. Then I heated the fasteners up in my toaster oven and then sprayed wd40 on them.
For the tub of molasses, I used 2 gallons with 20 gallons of water in a 30 gallon trash can. I soaked the springs and strut rods for about 3 weeks.
Every thing is coming out pretty good. Some before and after pics.
The pics are out of order. Had some troubles with my IPad sharing. You can see the state of the strut rods before, then the pair of them after. The before pics of hardware vanished. So the hardware is only after the deoxy. The molasses cleaned off most of the slop gray on the spring cover. So I put it back in to strip it clean.
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