The coke & foil rust removal method, with a TWIST..................

[bobafett]

.................of Lemon 

Did a post a while back about my successes using lemon juice to remove rust from seat guts : http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=87403.0
.....and I also commented at the time how I was dissapointed when I tried coke on them first...... and after reading swivels' sticky again on the coke/foil rust removal method I got to thinking about trying a lemon juice/foil variation of the method on a set of rusty forks I had - same basic prinicipal as swivels' sticky but replaced the coke for lemon juice - the forks were never going to be mint as they had scrathces n sh!t before I started but they're a damn site better:

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[snav69]

Crackin' job John 

 

[kdw712]

they came up a treat John 

[Swivel]

Very nice "twist" there mate, look the business 

[sweetbeats]

 

[NORTY40]

Good job there mate  

I'm sure i have got a couple of frames you can practice on    

[bobafett]

Cheers lads 

[OrgasmDonor]

without taking the pith thats one of the zest results ive seen 

[20to26]

don't you find that coke Zero works better than plain Coke - plus it doesn't leave everything sticky...

[hunterdubber]

Lemon juice has to be a better and far cheaper option than using Coke 

fook me this hobby could get even more expensive 

[shearer27]

How did you apply the juice or were the forks placed in a large container? Very interested to know – the results look amazing by the way – I want to give it a go on my old chrome race bike!

Cheers.

[thebigdog]

Pancake day aint gonna be all that at your house now though 

[bobafett]

How did you apply the juice or were the forks placed in a large container? Very interested to know – the results look amazing by the way – I want to give it a go on my old chrome race bike!
Cheers.

Lemon juice in a small bowl,scrunchup a ball of tin foil, dip it in the juice, and............. rub a dub dub 

Keep dipping in the juice regularly - you end up getting a sparkly grey juice (yum  ) as the tin foil breaks down but this is good - acts like a mild abrassive paste

You could try just submersing them in the juice - i have had very good results with this on small items such as seat clamps (if you follow my link in my first post at the top of this topic you will see) but firstly I didn't have enough juice for that  and secondly i had been wanting to try the foil method - for more on that have a look in tech n resto stickies for matt's (swivel) original haro resto (i've pretty much done the same here with the foil just used lemon juice in place of coke)

 

[shearer27]

Cheers Bobafett – I'm gonna give it a go asap. I will let you know how I get on.

[bobafett]

Cheers Bobafett – I'm gonna give it a go asap. I will let you know how I get on.

Cool   Do some before & after pics n stick 'em up here mate 

[brummie]

hello john, did you spray with wd40 before starting the foil and lemon rubdown?

cheers

dave

[bobafett]

No mate.

Bowl of lemon juice - nice sized piece of scrunched up foil dipped in regularly - and then rub a dub dub 

The foil starts to break down into tiny foil particles and this is what you want - acts like a light abrasive 

Might wanna wear some gloves as it gets into your pores after a bit and it's a fooker to wash off - trust me

Get some before and after pics up 

[brummie]

many thanks

[martylaa]

dont suppose ya wanna do my 2 frames do ya

[bobafett]

no.

 

[martylaa]

no.

 

ok 
my og chrome is a bit dull will it bring it back or is the foil method only for removing rust?

[bobafett]

my og chrome is a bit dull will it bring it back or is the foil method only for removing rust?

Yup - just for rust really - I'd stick to autosol / peek for half decent chrome 

[oldschoolib]

which side of the foil was used thought it might be best to mention this in case some one who has not done it before