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RE: Metal conditioner
« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2006 4:41 pm »
Kinda like Gibbs penetrating oil smells and looks an awful lot like atf.
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« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2006 7:38 pm »
Vinegar has always been a good good wipe down for galvinized sheet metal to make primer/paint adhere better.

I'm going to put some rusty pcs. in some vinegar this afternoon to check Todd's tip out.

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« Reply #17 on: November 28, 2006 4:12 am »
Jake have you tried any parts yet, curious to see if others have had as good of results.
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« Reply #18 on: November 28, 2006 4:25 am »
Yes, I put some old nuts and bolts in on Fri. afternoon.  I tried to find some old model A stuff, but didn't locate any yet. I looked yesterday and the vinegar was rusty looking. I forgot all about it tonight when I was in the garage.  I'll check it out tomorrow.
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« Reply #19 on: November 28, 2006 4:31 am »
I think I am going to try a 97 base I have that is stuck. Anyone know how it will effect brass?
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« Reply #20 on: November 28, 2006 4:52 am »
i am going to try sheetmetal next, I am going to put in the right front cowl panel and give that a try, Just gotta find a larger tub.
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« Reply #21 on: November 28, 2006 2:57 pm »
I went back out last night and checked. Next time I'll put on some rubber gloves. There was a black coating on most everything that won't wash off my hands worth a damn. The rust was gone! I threw some new zinc coated screws in to see what might happen....they are now coated black and it doesn't come off.  Chrome stuff was black also but it scrapes off.  I'm going to remove some Model A frame brackets today and see what happens to them.  Weed was right....after three days with the metal in it, vinegar smells and works on your hands like metal conditioner.
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« Reply #22 on: November 28, 2006 4:57 pm »
yeah i forgot to post about the black crap that doesnt wash off easily.
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« Reply #23 on: November 28, 2006 9:40 pm »
does vinegar evaporate quickly?  Just wondering if it has to have a lid?

A friend of mine found an old rifle (something weird like a 26-40 or something) and everything is rusted solid, I was thinking he could take the stock off and put the barrel and action in a 3" diameter or so metal tube with a bottom welded on it, fill it with vinegar and let it sit for a few days, might work.

as far as brass, idk what vinegar will do to it, but I read on the hamb that it can be really bad for aluminum if it is left to soak.
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« Reply #24 on: November 28, 2006 11:20 pm »
I think I will toss some brass plugs in first to test it. I can get everything off the base but the shaft and butterflies.
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« Reply #25 on: November 29, 2006 4:38 am »
I dont think that it would evaporate any quicker than water would, its just the smell of vinegar that kinda stinks without the lid.  If he does that i would like to hear the results on how it effects the barrel, he would still have to run a brush through the barrel to help clean it up after it soaks a day or two.
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« Reply #26 on: December 29, 2008 6:00 pm »
I used vinegar again this weekend to restore some backing plates.

Here is what they looked like before.



I could not find a bucket that was big enough for the plates so I used a wheel with a garbage bag in it. I just used a bungee cord to hold it in place. I soaded them for 3 days.



And here is what they look like after I took them out and hit them with a wire brush on the grinder.

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« Reply #27 on: December 29, 2008 10:32 pm »
that is a good example of how well the vinegar works.
nice idea too for making a tank to put the backing plates in
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« Reply #28 on: December 30, 2008 12:40 am »
Great engenuity with the wheel trick!  Looks like it worked good. Smells like crap though.  Are those for the Merc?
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« Reply #29 on: December 30, 2008 2:53 am »
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 Are those for the Merc?


ahhh......no, they went on this. New project....:) but I am working on the merc too.
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