"Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp Esq" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:08:58 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Friday, 23 August 2019 13:14:47 UTC+1, Lee Nowell wrote:
Hi all,

I have a steel BBQ which I am looking to derust using phosphoric acid.
The acid is very runny and the BBQ far too big to dip it into a
container of acid. I was wondering what the best method of "soaking"
the BBQ in the acid so it would remove the rust. Some thoughts I had
were.
1. put kitchen roll soaked in the acid on the surface
2. somehow thicken it (e.g. cornflour or something)
3. continually scrub it with a brush soaked in it

Anyone have any ideas / thoughts?

thanks

Lee.

Save your money next time, use HCl. HCl leaves a surface that rusts very
quickly, it must be dried & coated right away when rinsed off.


NT
You must be some kind of masochist.

HCL is evil.

Maybe outside on a windy day with a full chemical suit etc.

You have never had a ****ing clue. It's routinely used to clean new
brickwork,
cleaning surplus mortar off the face bricks. No chemical suit ever used.