Rust removal, better than evaporust and 10x cheaper..

[icetech]

soo.. so in doing my car which was a michigan car i have dealt with a lot of rust and spent way too much money on evaporust that i finally went online and looked and found this guys video and made his mix and it worked better than evaporust and lasts longer so far. Sadly i'm down to only a few parts to put back on but my rear bumper brackets were pure scaley rust and nasty.. I wire wheeled them to knock off some scale and put them in the tub for 2 days (didn't check after 1. cause busy) and can't believe how well this worked and i mixed up 5 gallons for $5.. and have plenty of the chemicals left over for another 10-15 gallons if needed...

The citric acid (10lb bag) and i used arm in hammer washing soda which was like $5 for 2lb i just grabbed off amazon $25 total for bout 15 gallons of evaporust..


The before doesn't look THAT bad cause i wire wheeled them and they went black.. but they were still pretty much still all rust.. i left the inside of one untouched to see how it would clean up also...
Should took a before pic before wire wheeling

EDIT: adding links to the exact stuff i bought, for ease..
Citric Acid

Sodium Carbonate

But.. the stuff works great.. the couple of rust spots are really heavy scale... i just knocked it off real quick and threw them back in the tub this morning..

 

[roadrunnerh]

That guy went DEEP in his experimentation!

 

[icetech]

That guy went DEEP in his experimentation!

Yeah. that's what made me try it.. guy went full science and did the work and he was right i hope it saves some money for people here.. plus having a batch last longer is a plus.. my brackets came out way better than i expected

 

[icetech]

OHHH fair warning! If you do 5 gallons of it, the reaction is a bit.. intense... i spent 30 minutes mopping my garage.. foam all over.. add the chemicals in small batches, let it form then settle.. then add more.. i dumped it all in and it looked like a kids science fair volcano

 

[eldubb440]

if you can wait 3 weeks to a month, molasses and water works great....... set it and forget it

 

[#41]

The citric acid (10lb bag) and i used arm in hammer washing soda which was like $5 for 2lb i just grabbed off amazon $25 total for bout 15 gallons of evaporust..

Thanks. I'm going to try this. Where did you buy the Citric Acid and what brand was it?

 

[Cranky]

OHHH fair warning! If you do 5 gallons of it, the reaction is a bit.. intense... i spent 30 minutes mopping my garage.. foam all over.. add the chemicals in small batches, let it form then settle.. then add more.. i dumped it all in and it looked like a kids science fair volcano

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[icetech]

Thanks. I'm going to try this. Where did you buy the Citric Acid and what brand was it?

I put links in the first post to make it easier.... also a gram scale for measuring is like $12 on amazon helps...

 

[#41]

I put links in the first post to make it easier.... also a gram scale for measuring is like $12 on amazon helps...

Doh! Got it. Thanks.

 

[Pistol Pete]

I put links in the first post to make it easier.... also a gram scale for measuring is like $12 on amazon helps...

That'll get you on a list

 

[Cranky]

Doh! Got it. Thanks.

Well, the links weren't there at first so don't feel like you're a dunce lol

 

[#41]

Well, the links weren't there at first so don't feel like you're a dunce lol

No worries. Right now I'm happy to just remember my name and address, so I pretty much just roll with anything.

 

[Cranky]

No worries. Right now I'm happy to just remember my name and address, so I pretty much just roll with anything.

Yeah, same here it seems....the older I get, the more I need to think about where I put things lol

 

[gtx6970]

OHHH fair warning! If you do 5 gallons of it, the reaction is a bit.. intense... i spent 30 minutes mopping my garage.. foam all over.. add the chemicals in small batches, let it form then settle.. then add more.. i dumped it all in and it looked like a kids science fair volcano

I got a serious giggle out of this comment.
thanks for the info
I'll have to bookmark this and save for a day I may need it