De rusting bolts / screws / washers and small things

[jill]

Take 5 tea bags

Add to 1/2 pint of boiling water

Allow to cool and remove bags. Drop in anything that you want derusting.

Leave for a few days.

Voila rust free. :P

Apparently the tannins in tea react with the iron oxide and the resultant chelated iron drops off into solution.

[Rich]

coke does the exact same thing ;)

[jill]

Trouble with coke is it contains carbonic acid that will corrode metal. :P

[Winston]

I'll try that

Goes to fill bath with tea to do my subframe ....lmao

[jill]

I thought your subframe was all painted up?

[Swervin_Mervin]

I'll try that

Goes to fill bath with tea to do my subframe ....lmao

Is your bath big enough to fit my subframe in as well Winston? :P

[Winston]

I did paint my subframe.......but its rusty again, should have got it powder coated

I'd do it in 2 halfs

[jill]

Winstons bath

[Winston]

lol

[jill]

How did you paint your frame if its rusty already?