At one time I used citric acid to clean up brass stoves then moved on to vinegar which does the same job. I don't clean stoves these days, just let the natural patina take hold.
Aah! Coke...wonderful stuff. Used to drink it after a day's kayaking in a suspect river such as at Home Pierpont Whitewater centre. Apparently it was a cure for the dodgy stomach people got from the water there. Many uses indeed. Think it is the phosphoric acid in it that does the most harm/good!!
Vinegar? Standard malt?.....
Vinegar? Standard malt?
And does it have to be top brand cola or can I use own brand cheap as chips stuff?
There is a method of using 12v electrickery turning the tool and another metal item into an anode and cathode and transferring the rust from the tool to the other thing. It's clever, but I haven't tried this method since I do have an angle grinder and a wire brush attachment.
Yeah, I've done that. Electrolysis dip tank.
Works a treat on steel/iron. No stainless or chrome though, makes nasty stuff in the dip tank if you do.
Takes a while but I wasn't making any effort while it was working.
Define "nasty stuff" please.
Also I'm just wondering about the time limit on this process. Say for example I made this dip tank, rigged up the battery charger and left it to cook, then for some bizarre reason I clean forgot about this was on the go and then 6 days later remembered. What could I expect to find? What I'm asking is will this process once the rust has gone, continue to remove the steel from the tool to the other metal item.
Obvioulsy what I don't want to happen is the tool be eaten away to nothing.
Just found an interesting comment at the bottom of this video on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQNvhUYqCkw
It said: It is a nice method for non critical parts. Because during that process the metal parts get "hydrogen hardened". Means the hydrogen produced by the electrolysis process goes into the upper layers of the metal parts and makes them extreme hard. (Similar to nitrogen hardening). So never use that method on safety critical parts, they will brake.
Anyone care to shed any light on this, especially on the long term effects of blades?