I checked out our local food store and they had white vinegar in two strengths. Regular was 5% acidity and extra strength which was 9% acidity. I got a gal. of each and will give them a try. I know that when I worked in the environmental field, we were call out to the Pace plant (maker of Pace Pecante Sauce) to clean up a spill of high strength vinegar, it had eaten up the asphalt parking lot. After the clean up we had to cut out the asphalt and repave the area covered by the spill. I'm sure they used a higher strength vinegar than is avail. to normal consumers. Some powerful stuff.

Gil

 

Hey guys, just a warning. DO NOT get this stuff on your hands, especially when its murky like mine. My hand is still a little tingely. If thats a word. haha. I am still amazed at how well it works, and that no one knows about it. Never too old to learn something new eh?

 

will vinegar dissolve gaskets? I was thinking about running it threw my jetski to remove some of the salt/calcium/corrosion deposits in the cooling system but don't want it to eat through the seals.

 

They actually talked about it just last weekend on Spike TV's Trucks. They said it worked great for small parts that you can soak.

 

Ahh. I never can catch Trucks on TV anymore and don't have a DVR. Last I remember it was on Sunday mornings anyway, which is sort of a busy time of the week for me.

I'm interested to hear how the gell worked out. That'd make treating the Merc easier.

-James

 

Eastwood's Gel Rust Dissolver

This was in my email today

 

Sure ain't as cheap as Vinegar though.

 

Nothing at Eastwoods is, lol, but they do have some very good products. Just not sold on them all.

 

Man I am waiting to see what the scissors will look like when they are done?

 

f1 you have no idea how crazy .... i had 'em all geussing this winter . 6 inches on the ground , below zero and wearing tennis shoes , cut off jeans , and a sleeveless flannel ............. i may have too try this on some stuff i got around here and see how well it works ............. good thing is as someone mentioned i think , as long as it hasn't got paint or other automotive chemicals in it it's biodegradeable ..................... have to keep mallethead away though as that silly **** would prolly eat it ...............

 

I picked up some vinegar this weekend. We'll see how she does on my rust issues. I'll try and post some pics up once I get something done.

 

Before:

After:

 

How long did you let that soak, Scott?

 

At 48 hours, I pulled it out, and used a rag to wipe it down. That cleaned it up. I put it in for another 24 hours just to see if it would do any more. So the After pic is at 72 hours. I just dropped a 351W 4v intake into it now.

 

I've been using regular vinigar in a spray bottle, applyed it to my frame and cross members and you could see the rust running down. I happened to let it dry over night (because it got too late). Next day I wire brushed ( cupped brush on grinder) The result was remarkable, it all came out shiney metal. Even the old paint was gone.

And to think my wife said to do this cuz she read it on a helpful hints for the home place.