Rust Remover - Tried and Tested

[astroscope]

Hi Guys,

Got some rust at the bottom of the exhaust and other parts of the bike. Anyone tried a rust remover that actually works?
I need to remove some rust from some chrome, in the hope that it will not do too much damage to the chrome.

Thanks
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2010 Honda FES S Wing 125

[astroscope]

Umm,
after a google search i came across this ite:

https://www.cookhaus.co.uk/vinegar/index.htm

Vinegar!!!!
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2010 Honda FES S Wing 125

[stinkwheel]

Also look up electrolysis on google/youtube. Works well for removable parts.

In terms of treating rust. Any of the paint-on rust killer products work well. They are based on phosphoric acid which turns the rust black. You then paint it.

Chromed parts are another kettle of fish. If they are rusting, it means the layer of chrome on the surface of the metal is damaged. It'ss keep forming rust spots there. A bit of scotchbrite scouring pad and WD40 or paraffin seems as good as anything for getting the worst of it off. It will however come back again.

I've also seen people use coke and a bit of scrumpled up tinfoil.

Also bear in mind that if it's heavy rust on the exhaust, with bits of chrome flaking off, it could be rotting from the inside out.
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[radical]

Brick acid will remove and kill all rust, its cheap and very effective but you must wear googles and gloves etc when using this product, it is available in small bottles from builders merchants and is the best stuff I have ever used by a mile.

[stinkwheel]

[Ariel Badger]

Anything you do to the pipes will only buy you a bit of time. The steel is protected by the chrome when a bike is new but modern chrome is rubbish and soon oxygen starts to get to the steel and you will get rusting. Clean off the rust and you just expose a nice fresh layer of steel ready for salt water and air to do its work on.
Stainless pipes FTW if you want to keep the bike, steel wool if you are selling .
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[astroscope]

Ok,
There must be a way to protect the chrome which is still in good nick?

Autosol any good at that?
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[Ariel Badger]

Solvo Autosol is an abrasive, it will hasten the wearing of chrome.
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[flamegrape]

Don't spend a lot of money on Rust Removers.

Grab some tissue and soak it in WHITE vinegar, wrap it around the rusted area, wrap this in plastic and tape it up to stop the vinegar evaporating. Leave this about 12 hours (even longer is better!) or so.

The vinegar (very effectively) oxidises the rust and leaves a brown iron residue behind which can be buffed away.

If you prefer, mix in BAKING SODA with the vinegar to make a paste to apply.

I have successfully cleaned up a ton of rusted (to fk!!) tools, spanners, pliers, wrenches etc like this.
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[cb1rocket]

[flamegrape]

[cb1rocket]

so its one of those things that we all just have to put up with it and clean it every weekend...........

[Ariel Badger]

You can not oxidase rust, it is an oxide.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

[stinkwheel]

[Ariel Badger]

[ZRX61]

[stinkwheel]

[tahrey]

Hammerite Kurust has worked fine for me down the years, just as the other warnings go, beware it will discolour paint.... probably just that phosphoric acid stuff really, which i bet you can get way cheaper. (Turns it into iron phosphate or something?)

Mind you given that most of the time I used it, it was to denature the top layer of a rusted bit of metal that had been sanded down smooth prior to repainting, it doesn't really matter that much!

[Clanger]

I find that elbow grease, time with the aid of wire wool or a wire brush come very close to perfect.
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