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Michael A. Terrell Michael A. Terrell is offline
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Default Today's Tidbit: Molasses and Rust


"Steve W." wrote:

Tim Wescott wrote:
From Wikipedia: "Molasses can be used as a chelating agent to remove
rust where a rusted part stays a few weeks in a mixture of 1 part
molasses and 10 parts water."

I wonder how well it works?


Works pretty good. I buy the molasses pellets at the farm store. Then
dump it in hot water to get it to break down faster. Toss the part in
and let it set. Takes a lot longer than electrolysis but it also
requires less equipment.
However it doesn't work at the current temperature in NY !!!



What does? ;-)

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