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Had a few of these kicking around so thought I would have a go at cleaning them up


First up , knock all the powdery crap out and bung them in the oven when the boss wasn’t home to separate the tins from the bodies - thanks to Ardiesse for the tip


Then drop them in a citric acid mix for 24 hours


This is how they came out



I then hit them with a green scouring pad for a minute or so , this is also an excellent way of finding any cuts on your hands .....


Rinsed them off and gave them a squirt of WD40 , reckon I will beadblast the bodies at work then send them over to that brake joint in Adelaide to have them sleeved and they should be good to go , the tins I will send to my nephew in Sydney who does paint less dent removal



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Nice work Blacky - they come up nice plated as well if you have a couple decent ones

I used 75 grams of citric acid powder that I bought from woolies for about
$2 in 2 litres of warm water.


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I'm 'in love' with Citric Acid!

I used to use stinky molasses but CA is way better, and no bad odour near the back door.

I have a 200L bucket permanently filled and there is always something hanging in the acid bath

I buy 25kg bags of citric acid powder from horticultural supplier, about $40. Green waste bin takes most bits.

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Errol62 wrote:I buy 25kg bags of citric acid powder from horticultural supplier, about $40. Green waste bin takes most bits.

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Whats the process with it? Soak for how long?
Neutralize with something after rinsing?
Does it work on alloy as well as steel? Other metals? What kind of mixture strength?


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Steel needs at least one day, then pressure wash or Scotchbrite cleanup. If still some rust put back and repeat until satisfied.

I haven’t had huge success with alloy, and I wouldn’t leave pot metal badges etc in there. It works best on ferrous oxide, dirt and some paint, I think enamel, but not acrylic, epoxy, urethane etc.

Neutralise with clean water. It is nontoxic. Basically lemon juice. Stings your skin slightly when fresh. Turns the rust into a chelate of iron which is excellent for plant absorption, so I put the used liquid on my fruit trees.

I use about one heaped cup of crystals to a bucket of clean water.


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Light surface rust appears very soon if you don’t immediately dry and deoxedine it,or spray thoroughly with wd40 etc.


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what he said

Really interesting Blacky and all other posters.
Looking forward to seeing the end result.

Ric.

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