Pretty much any acidic solution will work. I've had even better luck with a
small electrolysis setup using my battery charger, Sodium Carbonate, water,
a strip of steel for an electrode, and a big plastic trash can.
-Mitch
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Mike Gianandrea <mvg1@att.net> wrote:
> To All,
>
> I got this from my friend Alan, I never heard of this before either, but it
> may help some of you who are fixing up old cars.
>
> Michael Gianandrea
> 64 TR4
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: alan boring
> To: stick_31 ; rhbelter ; Mike Gianandrea
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 8:42 AM
> Subject: Never to late to learn
>
>
> Never heard of white vinegar for rust removal. Must work.
>
>
> A
>
>
> Holy cow...#1
> maldev
> Robert Malachowski
> Kallifornia, USA Posted: December 08, 2011 10:50AM
> Registered: 2 months ago
> Posts: 105
>
>
> Not really what I said last night but I didn't think it was appropriate to
> put
> my actual exclaimation...
> I digress.
> Not sure which thread had this suggestion but I had to pop on and say
> thanks
> and acknowledge the success of soaking rusted part in white vinegar.
> Last week, I managed to part out a 77 Spitfire with full original seats and
> tracks. PO had obviously hit some rain with the top down as his floor
> boards
> and seat tracks were rusted but the under carriage was in fine shape. The
> rust
> was bad enough that the seats would not slide at all. I striped the seats,
> pulled off the tracks and soaked them on a bin with 4 gallons of white
> vinegar
> starting Monday morning.
> Last night I went to check on the mix and didn't see and improvement. I
> pulled
> one of the tracks out and the rust, grease and debris simply sloughed right
> off the tracks leaving bare, clean metal.
> I was flabbergaster. Even the bolts I left in the mix looked to be in near
> perfect condition. The tracks glide easily and look as close to new as I
> have
> ever seen. I am now looking for full-sized swimming pools to fill with
> white
> vinegar as a new method for restoring rusted cars.
> Dang this was cool to find out.
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