Re: [Amc-list] Citric Acid Rust Remover - Follow up Post withmodifications

["Dan Ritzinger" <danritz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Or rinse them under steamy-hot water, blow dry, and spray (mist) with 
metal-prep phosphoric acid solution?

Dan

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From: <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Citric Acid Rust Remover - Follow up Post 
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>I got to wonder, what about tossing them in the dishwasher while the wifes 
>not looking?
> Then do the rest.
>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
> " Chronic Pain Hurts"
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Greg Taylor <amundaza@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>   This is a follow-up email to last week's post on using Citric Acid as a 
>> rust
>> remover.  After testing it out on the pistons I posted photos of, there 
>> are some
>> post acid-bath procedures that I have modified.  Originally, I had simply 
>> rinsed
>> the de-rusted parts in warm water and let them air dry.  This proved to 
>> be
>> insufficient in cleaning the parts, as they developed typical water 
>> contact
>> surface rust in areas, during the drying process.  They also were 
>> "sticky" with
>> a dark grayish coating from the rust conversion process.
>>
>>   So instead, I took the de-rusted parts, soaked them in a hot water bath 
>> with
>> laundry detergent (was readily available).  Next, I scrubbed them with a 
>> plastic
>> bristle dish washing brush from the dollar store, in the soapy solution, 
>> rinsed
>> in hot water and towel-dried best I could.  Then, I followed up with a 
>> blast of
>> compressed air to blow any more water off.  Finally, I sprayed them with
>> Wrench-ease penetrating oil, to preserve the now clean, rust-free metal. 
>> This
>> procedural change has resulted in preservation of the parts, so that rust 
>> would
>> not form again.  FWIW, the cast iron parts re-rusted much more than the 
>> steel
>> parts.
>>
>>   Sincerely,
>> Greg Taylor :)  <><
>>
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