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Offline Taipan

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Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« on: April 13, 2011, 11:55 AM »
Whats the best way please? got chrome araya's that are badly pitted/rusty whats quickest/best way to remove.
Wheels are complete dont wish to strip em,can I dump then in that oxy acid stuff?  :)

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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2011, 01:15 PM »
are they steel  rims ?

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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2011, 01:22 PM »
grinder  >:D

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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2011, 01:23 PM »
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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2011, 01:25 PM »
Might be steel? is there a prob if they are?

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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2011, 01:32 PM »
no, there's  problem if there ally ,  steel is fine in oxalic acid but if you get the solution wrong with ally parts it will just eat em, leave em pitted at the the very least, only use it as a cleaning solution on ally and tbh there are better methods that don't involve acids , just polish will do   :daumenhoch:     tbh i've never seen a steel araya post up some pics ,  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2011, 01:49 PM »
Had a quik look,pealed the old araya sticker off and it says CMC underneath it? If they are steel can I dunk them in the oxy complete as they are? with the spokes and hubs on? thx for the advice so far :)

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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2011, 02:05 PM »
might be wrong should have a letter m in a circle maybe on the rim as well?     unsure about the nips probably brass never, dipped any brass in oxy so might be best to test one in the solution first should be ok but   :-\ ?    if the hubs are steel they will be fine, spokes should be ok too,   again best test a spoke first ,  just be sure that they are steel parts before you go ahead  :daumenhoch:  shame they're not araya's, don't think there's many about?
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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2011, 02:26 PM »

Any CMC rims I've seen are steel  ;)

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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2011, 05:34 PM »
try a magnet against them, if it sticks it's steel.

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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2011, 06:16 PM »
ok,they steel,so can I dump them in oxy? how long for? do I need to check them? or fling them in and forget? ???

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Re: Advice? Removing rust from chrome Araya wheels
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2011, 09:26 PM »
try a magnet against them, if it sticks it's steel.


 :LolLolLolLol:  simple eh?    brill  :daumenhoch:  :LolLolLolLol:

lob em in check em every hour or so depends on how strong the  solution is realy,   it only eats the rust so take em out when your hp


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« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2011, 09:57 PM »
Cheers OT :daumenhoch:

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