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Old 13th May 2019, 1:56 pm   #31
BulgingCap
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: South Coast, Western Australia.
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Default Re: Rust removal from steel component on the cheap.

The local old boys recommend molasses for rust removal. It is readily available because sugar cane is grown in Oz. It seems to be a bit fierce and will eat away the steel if left too long. I have just searched out a story of a chap who dug a big hole, lined it with black plastic, and put a 1913 Cadillac car chassis and springs etc into a molasses solution. The narrator recalls that his elderly friend forgot about it for a while, and when he checked again the chassis had gone !
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