No Evaporust for you!!!

[cruiser808]

Guys, I need help. Here in Hawaii, we can't get Evaporust. Just recently bitten by the pebble bug, I bought some cheap Plomb ratchets that were in need of lots of TLC. So, mechanically, I got them going real good, but they still look like rusted POS. I don't want to use vinegar, as I don't want to take a chance these things going black. Any suggestions?

 

[alex71]

molasses. same active ingredient as evaporust, just not quite as strong. just leave it on a bit longer.

 

[Merkava_4]

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[sk farmer]

check out teken's armstrong thread. he is using clr.

 

[lbgradwell]

check out teken's armstrong thread. he is using clr.

...which I have never found to be good for anything. Perhaps Teken has stumbled on its one legit use!

 

[cruiser808]

check out teken's armstrong thread. he is using clr.

Hi Sk - I did check it out, but I'm a simple building code official, not a chemist. Teken's soup seems more than I can handle. Think of the stupidest guy you know, and then explain it slower to me.

 

[lbgradwell]

...but I'm a simple building code official, not a chemist.

Art, it's widely known that nobody with an IQ under 150 can make any sense out of building codes!

 

[cruiser808]

Art, it's widely known that nobody with an IQ under 150 can make any sense out of building codes!

And that's why they hired me. I was told, " you can boggle them with brilliance or baffle them with ********." I guess that's why I do what I do.

 

[J.A.F.E.]

You can use vinegar or citric acid.

 

[cruiser808]

You can use vinegar or citric acid.

Hi J.A.F.E. - thanks. I'm just worried that the vineger might turn the ratchets black and then I'm in worse shape then when I started.

 

[stricht8]

Hi Sk - I did check it out, but I'm a simple building code official, not a chemist. Teken's soup seems more than I can handle. Think of the stupidest guy you know, and then explain it slower to me.

Cruiser, you seem like a nice guy. I bet you're leniant as a codes officer. So back to the ratchets. Are they uniformly rusty? If not then perhaps you can treat the spots with naval jelly. Otherwise slow as molasses might be your other option.

 

[Camel menthol]

just do what i do .......mix ur own stuff.... wear google and gloves and mix all the chemicals u have if it starts smoking RUN.....

 

[35mastr]

Apple Cider Vinagar. Did not discolor any of my stuff. It does take time to work. So set it and forget it for a week or so.

 

[sk farmer]

Cruiser, you seem like a nice guy. I bet you're leniant as a codes officer. So back to the ratchets. Are they uniformly rusty? If not then perhaps you can treat the spots with naval jelly. Otherwise slow as molasses might be your other option.

what do you mean? you don't think cruiser throws blue haired grandmothers, orphans, and legitimate business out in the street? i think you are correct. cruser seems to be a great guy! i hope we can help him out and get some real chemicals for his own hazardous waste sight.

 

[Stuey]

What about Coca Cola or Naval Jelly?

 

[Bolster]

Guys, I need help. Here in Hawaii, we can't get Evaporust. Just recently bitten by the pebble bug, I bought some cheap Plomb ratchets that were in need of lots of TLC. So, mechanically, I got them going real good, but they still look like rusted POS. I don't want to use vinegar, as I don't want to take a chance these things going black. Any suggestions?

I'm having a problem believing you can't get EOR. Call the number on this website and ask who the local distributor is.

http://www.evaporust.com/distributor.html

If ANYPLACE needs EOR it would be Hawaii! All that salt air?!?

 

[rsanter]

you want to get some shipped to you?

bob

 

[alex71]

What about Coca Cola or Naval Jelly?

don't know about coca cola, but if he is afraid of vinegar I think naval jelly is out. it contains a fairly strong acid. don't get any on your hands, thats for sure.

 

[The Rusty Gear]

molasses. same active ingredient as evaporust, just not quite as strong. just leave it on a bit longer.

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It works. I've used it.

1 part Molasses to 7 parts water. No risk of corroding or etching the part as with Coke, Vinegar, or any type of acid.

Molasses and evaporust are both chelating agents (google / wikipedia is your friend)