01-17-2023, 11:40 AM | #21 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 3,795
|
Re: Rust removal
Quote:
|
|
01-17-2023, 01:10 PM | #22 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: imperial,mo
Posts: 694
|
Re: Rust removal
I'm waiting for my flight back home,so I'll try to add some random info and answer some questions. In no particular order. The parts need to be de-greased before placing the tank. This is a chemical reaction, it's important to NOT contaminate the solution. The solution is 6.5 on the PH scale (very mildly acidic) ,white vinegar is 2.5 on the PH scale (very acidic). This is the first time that I have tired this process and I'm very pleased with it. This particular block had been hot tanked and baked years ago(15+ yrs) and sat in my garage. When I took the block out of the solution after 36 hours, it was dis-colored with rust, I cleaned it with my pressure washer only(no scrubbing). The images reflect the results, I did spray WD-40 on the parts to prevent flash rusting. More later. . .
Tom |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
01-17-2023, 02:25 PM | #23 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys
Posts: 10,319
|
Re: Rust removal
Quote:
To answer a question not asked of me, I would run the flushing solution without diluting it. Maybe you could cut it 10% to take advantage of the manufacturers "safety factor", but why take the chance? Any further dilution would be deleterious and false economy. |
|
01-18-2023, 03:35 PM | #24 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: imperial,mo
Posts: 694
|
Re: Rust removal
To follow - up on my rust removal post, for every 12 gallons of DISTILLED water add 5lbs. of tetrasodiumEDTA, stir, agitate until all solids are dissolved, to that solution add enough citric acid to bring the solution to 6.5 PH. Add a small amount of surfactant (a few drops of dish washing detergent). Completely submerge your paint, grease, oil FREE items
in the container. After a day or two, remove and wash (I used a pressure washer) to expose a rust free surface. This chemical process is called "chelation", it is not an acid, it will not corrode your parts. My girlfriend (a nurse) tells me that chelation is used to detoxify patients with lead poisoning. Let's try and keep this thread on topic, it's about rust removal using "chelation". Tom , |
01-18-2023, 03:41 PM | #25 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: NJ
Posts: 6,181
|
Re: Rust removal
Thanks for the follow up.
Interesting that you noted parts need to be paint, grease and oil free, so you can't throw in a typical dirty block after a tear down? A block, per say, would need to be cleaned first before this process? |
01-18-2023, 03:44 PM | #26 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: papillion nebraska
Posts: 406
|
Re: Rust removal
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
|
01-18-2023, 04:37 PM | #27 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: imperial,mo
Posts: 694
|
Re: Rust removal
To be clear, this is a chemical reaction, and introducing foreign substances will diminish the intended results.
I should add, the block that I treated had been hot tanked and baked several years(15 yrs.) and sat in my garage and rusted. After removing the block from the tank I pressure washed everything and the amount of debris that came out of the water jackets was incredible. Tom Last edited by hotcoupe; 01-18-2023 at 05:09 PM. |
01-18-2023, 08:53 PM | #28 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia
Posts: 7,009
|
Re: Rust removal
"I should add, the block that I treated had been hot tanked and baked several years(15 yrs.)"
Your block sat in a hot tank or oven and baked 15 years??? The devil made me ask that. Sorry.
__________________
Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|