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Offline gary67

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Rust removal on non chrome raw frame.
« on: July 12, 2010, 10:03 PM »
Hi,whats the best and quickest remover of rust on a rawed frame(previous owner going for the rat look!)I've read about the vinegar,coke etc regarding chromed parts.Do these methods still apply to a raw frame?cheers Gary

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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 10:52 PM »

Should work just fine mate - or fully submerse it in a tub filled with vinegar or water mixed with citric acid powder - safe and effective  :)

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Re: Rust removal on non chrome raw frame.
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2010, 09:23 PM »
B careful I have had problems with using vinegar . I.e. 2 clean up some drop outs I stuck the fork legs in jam jars full of vinegar . Did the job I wanted great but the only draw back was it left a micron deep line around the forks where the top of the vinegar was. I can only assume it was some sort of electrolitic action  with exposure 2 the air >:(

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Re: Rust removal on non chrome raw frame.
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2010, 07:05 PM »
B careful I have had problems with using vinegar . I.e. 2 clean up some drop outs I stuck the fork legs in jam jars full of vinegar . Did the job I wanted great but the only draw back was it left a micron deep line around the forks where the top of the vinegar was. I can only assume it was some sort of electrolitic action  with exposure 2 the air >:(

  :shocked: Glad you told me that as i was about to leave the headtube in a bucket of vinegar to see how it worked!
 Anyhow heres some pics of a rusty Standard Bullitt-

 http://s1029.photobucket.com/albums/y356/TheG67/Standard%20Bullitt%2001/

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Re: Rust removal on non chrome raw frame.
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2010, 07:12 PM »
B careful I have had problems with using vinegar . I.e. 2 clean up some drop outs I stuck the fork legs in jam jars full of vinegar . Did the job I wanted great but the only draw back was it left a micron deep line around the forks where the top of the vinegar was. I can only assume it was some sort of electrolitic action  with exposure 2 the air >:(

  :shocked: Glad you told me that as i was about to leave the headtube in a bucket of vinegar to see how it worked!
 Anyhow heres some pics of a rusty Standard Bullitt-

 http://s1029.photobucket.com/albums/y356/TheG67/Standard%20Bullitt%2001/

Yours is a bare frame so Steves "bleaching" of the chrome won't effect you  ;)

Personally with that frame I would go full submersion in a big tub with citric acid powder mixed with water - very effective, cheap and safe  :daumenhoch:

And if you get the food grade citric acid powder you can make some nice desserts with whats left  :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Rust removal on non chrome raw frame.
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2010, 07:23 PM »
Cheers chaps,i've got a Halfords store 2 mins walk from me so i'll try some of that Hammerite dip first :daumenhoch:


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« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2010, 07:24 PM »
You mix 1 part with 9 parts water Gary and leave it for 24hrs.  :4_17_5:
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Re: Rust removal on non chrome raw frame.
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2010, 07:37 PM »
I'm getting dazzled with rust removers now ::) :2funny:

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Re: Rust removal on non chrome raw frame.
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2010, 07:01 PM »
You mix 1 part with 9 parts water Gary and leave it for 24hrs.  :4_17_5:

Going to try this one myself, bit more expensive but no messing about trying to figure out the mix   :daumenhoch:

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