How to remove RUST easily - - - with pictures!

[Skyline_Drift_Master]

Very useful info. Thank you

[turbolover]

i think its not rust which the guy has removed, it the grit and grease which ecumulates on shafts etc. Rust would have left the shafts pitted with little holes

[basic]

anyhow good info for D.I.Y lovers

[Storm]

i think its not rust which the guy has removed, it the grit and grease which ecumulates on shafts etc. Rust would have left the shafts pitted with little holes

I agree with you, rust leaves severe pitting BUT this is a chemical process which strips a microscopic layer off. surprisingly my 1303's driveshafts (35 years old) looked better than the ones in this thread and it has lived a VERY abused life....

Any form of vinegar is a weak acid. Many metals react to acid in a bad way. Aluminum for one. Iron, steel, stainless, no problem. Be careful with copper. It may be a bit aggressive with that, but not sure. Acid WILL clean it, though. On the steel the rust is dissolved. On aluminum...the aluminum is disolved!

[Storm]

source: http://www.cookhaus.co.uk/vinegar/index.htm

[Vajih102]

Wow. thanks for the warning Storm. i have lost your number. please sms me at 03215016157. will seek guidance once on the move.

[DMX]

Rust can be removed with any acid, vinger is ethanoic acid..rust is feric oxide(derived from feris which means iron-loha)..iron becomes oxidised which means it loses an electron on contact with oxygen(constituent of air) and becomes iron oxide/feric oxide(rust), so when u remove that rust from iron by vinegar in this case, it will again rust quickly when exposed to air and it will only weaken the metal..better option is to let it be

[agent47]

gudda

[jamaal]

is malt vinagar available easily in pakistan?

any desi name?

[DT68]

i think it is called " kala sirka"

[talibnawaz]

are u sure kala sirka?
or soya sauce?:P:P:P

[callmeabdulahad]

.......................so when u remove that rust from iron by vinegar in this case, it will again rust quickly when exposed to air and it will only weaken the metal..better option is to let it be

It is true that rusting is a chemical reaction between iron and oxygen. When some metals "rust", a layer forms which prevents more oxygen from reaching the metal. Hence the "rusting" stops.

However, this is NOT the case with iron. The difference is that when iron rusts, it makes flakes of rust. When these flakes chip off, more iron is exposed to the oxygen in the air. Therefore rusting continues.

So you need to somehow stop the oxygen from reaching the iron / steel. One way of doing this is to apply paint.

I know this because I am a science teacher at Scholastic Islamiah school.

p.s. Although I haven't tried it yet but applying one of those paint markers (e.g., SNOWMAN) may provide a quick fix.

[fazalwahab11375]

^^^.. Sir you responded little late.. By now every thing will be rusted already...

[surplusstock]

Right as he responded after 5 years.

^^^.. Sir you responded little late.. By now every thing will be rusted already...

[muhammedahmed2]

any idea on how to remove rust from inside of petrol tank of motorcycle?

[john0995]

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[hamza_xeg]

I have slight rust on the floor board of my car, can this technique be used there ?

sent from a nuclear device.