Rust remover - more amazing uses!

[m22mike]

Aye Aye sir.... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[allcamaro]

I am doing a 19,000 survivor Camaro now and the factory grease marks are no harmed at all.

[njsteve]

Here's the battery tray after a day of letting the fluid continuously circulate over the area:



Underneath where the fluid ran by, you can see how it dissolved the rust there too.




I then relocated the shower head to spray the underside for another day.





It really is neat to see how it just washes away the rust and doesn't alter the metal underneath.

Now you can really see the horrible, original welds done on these cars. It looked like the factory had some beginner junior high school students in shop class weld up the frames. I'd give them a C- for the final grade.

[Tommy_Mathison]

Be VERY careful using this stuff on plated and aluminum parts. It dissolves both.

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy_Mathison</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Be VERY careful using this stuff on plated and aluminum parts. It dissolves both. </div></div>

Are you sure you're talking about this stuff because it is not phosphoric acid-based like most of the rust destroyers/converters out there. It is harmless to everything I've come across, other than rust.

I've been playing with stuff for 5 years now and it does not affect anything other than rusted steel and cast iron. In fact I've used it to clean the surface rust off of chrome plated trim parts and cad plated electrical components with amazing results and with no harm to the plated surfaces.

[Tommy_Mathison]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy_Mathison</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Be VERY careful using this stuff on plated and aluminum parts. It dissolves both. </div></div>

Are you sure you're talking about this stuff because it is not phosphoric acid-based like most of the rust destroyers/converters out there. It is harmless to everything I've come across, other than rust.

I've been playing with stuff for 5 years now and it does not affect anything other than rusted steel and cast iron. In fact I've used it to clean the surface rust off of chrome plated trim parts and cad plated electrical components with amazing results and with no harm to the plated surfaces. </div></div>

I had it strip the plating off a survivor 29295 diverter valve and eat through the aluminum body of an original 40669 AC fuel pump. I saved both parts and can provide photos. It was indeed Safest Rust Remover. I've been using the stuff for years. Pretty amazing stuff.

[njsteve]

What kind of time frame did it take to do that? How long were the parts soaking in it?

[Kurt S]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Are you sure you're talking about this stuff because it is not phosphoric acid-based like most of the rust destroyers/converters out there. It is harmless to everything I've come across, other than rust.
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MSDS - http://www.ultraone.ca/pdfs/MSDS-SafestrRustRemover.pdf

[Verne_Frantz]

I've used it with very good results on AFB carbs when throttle shafts or choke shafts were stuck or rusted. It removed all the rust, freed up the shafts and there was no sign of any harm to the aluminum at all. It also seems to have an ability to remove aluminum oxide, judging by the cleaner surface of the AFB castings, but that doesn't mean it attacks aluminum. Since the primary chemical in it is H2O, leaving aluminum in it over time will cause the aluminum to oxidize. Then of course, the product removes the oxide. IF you play that senario out long enough, you'll wind up with a lot less aluminum because it's turned into oxide which is then removed by the product.

A lot of platings are the product of &quot;growing&quot; an oxide film on a part in a solution with other chemicals. Those platings (such as cad or zinc) may disolve in this product. Other platings, such as chrome, are depositions, purely created from the chemical bath its in. Those platings are not likely to be affected because they are not based on an oxidation process with the base metal to make them grow on the surface.

Put an original black oxide bolt in this stuff and it will come out bare metal. ....but it won't turn into a smaller sized bolt!

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Rixls6]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy_Mathison</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Be VERY careful using this stuff on plated and aluminum parts. It dissolves both. </div></div>

I've also had plating removed in just an overnight soaking. In my case it was on a cad plated vacuum advance unit.

Another thing to be careful of. I forgot about some bolts and they soaked for a few weeks. They shrunk from a 5/16-18 to about 1/4-20's.