Comments on: Remove Rust The Easy Way With Evapo-Rust http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Lee http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-771168 Lee Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:17:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-771168 You should try D-Rust-It concentrate from Rust Depot. 1-gallon will make the equivalent of 10 gallons of Evapo-Rust or any other chelant based rust remover. Plus, you are not shipping 10 gallons, only 1, so shipping cost is greatly reduced. you simply mix it with your water. Regards, Lee You should try D-Rust-It concentrate from Rust Depot. 1-gallon will make the equivalent of 10 gallons of Evapo-Rust or any other chelant based rust remover. Plus, you are not shipping 10 gallons, only 1, so shipping cost is greatly reduced. you simply mix it with your water.

Regards, Lee

]]> By: Brau http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-400431 Brau Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:08:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-400431 I have a couple other products that claim to remove rust but don't work worth a s---! I guess I'll be trying another brand now based on the comments here. I have a couple other products that claim to remove rust but don’t work worth a s—! I guess I’ll be trying another brand now based on the comments here.

]]> By: Dusdaddy http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399894 Dusdaddy Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:27:18 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399894 I've used it many times. As a matter of fact I still have a 5 gall pail of it in the garage now. It will not harm any machined surfaces or even plastic , rubber, chrome, etc. It is not any sort of acid that "eats" rust!! No respirator or heavy gloves and face mask required. No toxic fumes either. Soaking the metal works best but for large parts, Jeep suspension/frame, I used a re-circ pump and an old shower head to constantly "bathe" it for a day. Worked fine. You do need to rinse it with fresh water as soon as your done and coat the clean metal with something to prevent flash rusting. I’ve used it many times. As a matter of fact I still have a 5 gall pail of it in the garage now. It will not harm any machined surfaces or even plastic , rubber, chrome, etc. It is not any sort of acid that “eats” rust!! No respirator or heavy gloves and face mask required. No toxic fumes either. Soaking the metal works best but for large parts, Jeep suspension/frame, I used a re-circ pump and an old shower head to constantly “bathe” it for a day. Worked fine. You do need to rinse it with fresh water as soon as your done and coat the clean metal with something to prevent flash rusting.

]]> By: Benjamen Johnson http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399781 Benjamen Johnson Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:03:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399781 KMR, You're right 300 lbs of steel isn't the best way to explain it, surface area would be a better measurement. Don't blame them for it being a ploy though. The exact quote from the website is: "One gallon can remove 1/2 pound of pure dry rust. Rust is about 1/17 the weight of iron by volume, which means its workload is substantial. On average, one gallon de-rusts up to 300 pounds of light to moderately rusted steel." So they do get very specific about how much rust a gallon can remove. I only chose -- perhaps incorrectly -- to keep the 300 lbs part because 1/2 lb of pure dry rust is a little harder to visualize KMR,
You’re right 300 lbs of steel isn’t the best way to explain it, surface area would be a better measurement. Don’t blame them for it being a ploy though. The exact quote from the website is:

“One gallon can remove 1/2 pound of pure dry rust. Rust is about 1/17 the weight of iron by volume, which means its workload is substantial. On average, one gallon de-rusts up to 300 pounds of light to moderately rusted steel.”

So they do get very specific about how much rust a gallon can remove. I only chose — perhaps incorrectly — to keep the 300 lbs part because 1/2 lb of pure dry rust is a little harder to visualize

]]> By: KMR http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399730 KMR Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:19:08 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399730 Evaporust does not disturb machined surfaces, we use it all the time in the shop, specifically for that reason. Other than that "removes rust from up to 300lbs of steel" is a rather silly marketting ploy. Rust removal is more about surface area, than mass. The molasses/water deal also causes hydrogen embrittlement, so make sure you bake your parts at about 350degF after soaking for a few hours to drive out the hydrogen from the surface of your part. Evaporust does not disturb machined surfaces, we use it all the time in the shop, specifically for that reason. Other than that “removes rust from up to 300lbs of steel” is a rather silly marketting ploy. Rust removal is more about surface area, than mass.

The molasses/water deal also causes hydrogen embrittlement, so make sure you bake your parts at about 350degF after soaking for a few hours to drive out the hydrogen from the surface of your part.

]]> By: ShopMonger http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399668 ShopMonger Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:24:14 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399668 Be carfeul using these products on machined areas... IE lifter bores ect... they can cause bad pitting and etching....... Be carfeul using these products on machined areas… IE lifter bores ect… they can cause bad pitting and etching…….

]]> By: BG http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399628 BG Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:37:21 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/07/22/remove-rust-the-easy-way-with-evapo-rust/#comment-399628 Someone posted on a different site about this product, that you can do same thing, albeit slower, with molasses and water: http://www.wr6wr.com/newSite/articles/columns/wp0906/wp0906.html Those hams know everything. Someone posted on a different site about this product, that you can do same thing, albeit slower, with molasses and water:

http://www.wr6wr.com/newSite/articles/columns/wp0906/wp0906.html

Those hams know everything.

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