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

Pretty cool.. im gonna try it out on my exhaust..

I've used it for Several Years to Clean Carbs and Knew it would Flash rust Steel parts but didn't know it would do that well of a Job.I have one of my Gas tanks Soaking now.

Quote from: Jughead on July 22, 2007, 05:20:17 PM
I've used it for Several Years to Clean Carbs and Knew it would Flash rust Steel parts but didn't know it would do that well of a Job.I have one of my Gas tanks Soaking now.

Lemme know how that works out, ive got a pretty nasty rust tank for an 89 gs500 that needs internal cleaning.

BRB gotta run to the market...............................................................................I'm back.OK, who wants to help me tare down my bike and fill an old bath tub with 100 gallons of vinagar.            I am going to use this on my project bike.Euro has tougher rust than we have in the south east US.It rains a WHOLE LOT more there than it does here. 

amazing...id use it on my truck but there wouldnt be anythinig left.

Quote from: nastynate6695 on July 22, 2007, 07:20:07 PM
amazing...id use it on my truck but there wouldnt be anythinig left.

Yeah Mine too.One good thing About it though My Fuel Milage is getting Better.

So is it malt vinegar or any vinegar?

Both Contain Acetic Acid.

If its straight steel ... nothing like muriatic acid. $3 a gallon. At 1/10 dilution it will still eat up rust better than this.
I can also assure you, vinegar will eat aluminum albeit slower than muriatic acid even diluted 10 to 1.
Cool.
Srinath.

Muriatic acid is also NASTY NASTY stuff, it will f%$k you up.

I bought 3 gals of vinegar, at 2.50 a gallon. Full concentrate, I have my old yoshimura that I posted a pic of earlier soaking in it.  After sitting for 4-5 hours, I took a brush to it and lightly scrubbed and all the rust was just GONE!

Ill take some more pics of it when its all rust free. Definetly easier than going at it with a wire wheel and it will get into all the hard to reach places.

Im gonna cut a trashbag and tie it around the slip joint area and let vinegar soak in there to free up the joint later on.

A mixture of sulfuric acid and thiourea will take just about any oxidation off of any metal. Mind you, thiourea has been known to cause some pretty crazy health problems 
http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/TH/thiourea.html

Nice! I'ma do this tnite!


Question: Is there a name for that high temperature spray part that I've seen people use?

high temp bbq grill paint that can be bought at any hardware store for like 5 bucks

VHT Flameproof Paint

1500+ degrees..

seems to be the best spray heat paint out there you can get in a can.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/456478/rust_removal_tip/ this way seems more fun, and you dont need to scrub!

Hydrogen... Weeeee!

Muriatic is not 1/2 as bad as its smell.
You dont want to put anything on your exhaust, sanding or blasting is best. Acid is ideal for stuff you cant touch, like inside your tank. Which I'd cut open if I had to nowadays.
Cool.
Srinath.

Quote from: CndnMax on July 24, 2007, 04:37:56 PM
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/456478/rust_removal_tip/ this way seems more fun, and you dont need to scrub!

Yeah but how do you get rid of the Black stuff?

Really the Two Stroke Guys Have been Doing that that way for a While Now.They Say it works Great Right Now I don't have a Battery charger that would work though.

It is working just great on the exhaust for me. Ive just been letting it sit, removing it, spraying it off with a light high pressure stream of water and then drying it and putting it back in the tank.

The slipjoint is soaking right now and hopefully I can seperate the exhaust tomorrow so I can soak the whole header.