daniel mason
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 10:06 PM |
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tools or techniques for removing rust?
as above really. i am wanting to remove rust from various parts of my donor before i sell them on.dont know why honda dont treat them. wishbones
mainly,but discs, calipers,diff casing are all showing signs of surface rust!
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eznfrank
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 10:07 PM |
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Do a search for electrolysis on here
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coozer
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 10:08 PM |
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Electrolysis, brings them all up like brand new
Read the long running thread on the left of the main menu.
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1980 Z750
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blakep82
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 10:09 PM |
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wire brush in a grinder for the easy bits, electrolysis for the awkward bits
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StevieB
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 10:15 PM |
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Soaking in malt vinegar or black molases is also an option.
I;ve done the vinegar and while the smell was rather pungent (definately a bottom of the garden in a sealed box task) the result was spot on after a
few days soaking. To finish off I washed thoroughly in water, baked off in the gas BBQ to get the water out of the pores in the casting and then ran
over with the wire wheel.
Definately the way I'd go in future.
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iank
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 10:16 PM |
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Don't use electrolysis on brake disks as there is a small theoretical chance of making them brittle.
Look up Hydrogen embrittlement.
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Anonymous
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skinned knuckles
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 10:36 PM |
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electrolysis every time
A man isn't complete until he's married, then he's finished
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se7en
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| posted on 17/3/10 at 10:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
Don't use electrolysis on brake disks as there is a small theoretical chance of making them brittle.
Look up Hydrogen embrittlement.
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Originally posted by skinned knuckles
electrolysis every time
Iank is correct about about the embrittlement. Electrolysis is perfect for all the other steel parts.
Do not use electrolysis on aluminium parts as they too will suffer from embrittlement although I've been told that this can be corrected by
putting the item in an oven for a couple of hours as the heat expels the hydrogen.???
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