lezesig1
expatriot
My swing-arm did.
* * * De-Rusting * * *
This is the result of a VINEGAR ONLY pickle bath after
only four days of total immersion.
It knocked off the oilies, debris, old paint, and rust.
What a labor saver!
Localized surface rusting appreared (flash) just
where I expected it at the seams(entrapment).
I chose not to neutralize after the pickle using (baking soda(environmentally friendly)).
Instead, I opted for a dilution technique via forced water pressure
using a 'pressure washer'. I am pretty confident that brought the acidity level down
to supplied water pH. i.e plenty of fresh water soak-time.
Bake time to drive off any liquids was a full 24 hours in open windy
HOT sun. Seemed a perfect combination.
Hydrogen embrittlement ? Yes, that is a factor. (But) I suspect negligible to none
induced by this cleaning process for this particular application on this particular steel type.
There you have it. An environmentally friendly alternative to store bought de-rusters.
The slurry after process now contains sluffed off cured paint, trace amounts of
petroleum, inert silicates, and dissolved(transformed) iron oxide.
It DOES smell like somebody is making pickles though............
lezesig
'72 850Sp
* * * De-Rusting * * *
This is the result of a VINEGAR ONLY pickle bath after
only four days of total immersion.
It knocked off the oilies, debris, old paint, and rust.
What a labor saver!
Localized surface rusting appreared (flash) just
where I expected it at the seams(entrapment).
I chose not to neutralize after the pickle using (baking soda(environmentally friendly)).
Instead, I opted for a dilution technique via forced water pressure
using a 'pressure washer'. I am pretty confident that brought the acidity level down
to supplied water pH. i.e plenty of fresh water soak-time.
Bake time to drive off any liquids was a full 24 hours in open windy
HOT sun. Seemed a perfect combination.
Hydrogen embrittlement ? Yes, that is a factor. (But) I suspect negligible to none
induced by this cleaning process for this particular application on this particular steel type.
There you have it. An environmentally friendly alternative to store bought de-rusters.
The slurry after process now contains sluffed off cured paint, trace amounts of
petroleum, inert silicates, and dissolved(transformed) iron oxide.
It DOES smell like somebody is making pickles though............
lezesig
'72 850Sp