The Ultimate HOMEMADE Rust Remover (Better than EvapoRust)

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One test I'd appreciate you performing is how it does on Nickel or Zinc. Not destroying those two is one of the other major selling points of EvapoRust. It's one of the major reasons I am using EvapoRust. Especially when restoring parts where only a section is rusted.

It appears that the citrate solution acts faster than the evapo-rust - which leads me to think that a better comparison test of the effective-ness of each solution, is to measure the base metal dissolution at the point where the rust has been removed. As opposed to waiting a certain amount of time for each solution to damage the base metals. If the citrate solution is substantially faster than the evapo-rust, the part would require much less time in the solution, which would mitigate some of the increased base metal dissolution. I would be interested to see a test of a uniformly (intentionally) rusted steel sheet, in both products, removed once the desired rust removal has occurred. Then measure the change to the host material (as well as the evolution of hydrogen from the adverse reaction if possible). Another great video, I love these technical firearm videos!

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There's a good article with tests from a German chemical manufacturer titled "Effective chelation with citrates and gluconates" - it has some useful figures on sequestering value vs. pH and solution temperature.

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Man this is FASCINATING. I've been avoiding buying a new bottle of evaporust because it's expensive. I already have citric acid and washing soda at home, so now I'm good to go! Thank you so much! I'm pretty excited because I have a pile of old tools in need of restoration.

This formulation works AMAZINGLY well! I just tried it on a whole bin of rusty drill bits and it cleaned them perfectly in only 30 minutes. It didn't harm them at all and they're still sharp. And as is said in the video, the solution is STILL active and continues to clean. I've tried straight citric acid, oxalic acid, vinegar and so on and have never been happy with the results. But this simple chelating agent does the job perfectly. This is truly the best and most useful restoration video I've seen anywhere EVER. Thanks so much!

I also needed a inexpensive deruster for automotive parts. I'm going to try this.

Green tea extract might be a decent choice for a safe corrosion inhibitor. It contains catecholins, which can create a single molecule protective layer on bare metal, but actually helps to solubilise oxides. It’s used in chemical-mechanical polishing solutions. Works at very low concentrations, so two or three tea bags worth per litre should be sufficient. Also, you could try adding a little more sodium salt to the mixture, so you end up with a higher pH. It’s still a very effective chelator and I bet just nudging the pH up to 5.5 or so (10-15% extra sodium carbonate) would put it at the same corrosion level as Evaporust.

so happy to see this today. I'm retired, and have a small hobby shop. I like to repurpose found steel, but cannot afford to buy 5 gallon buckets of EvapoRust. This is a perfect solution, and with materials that I already have on hand. I always have citric acid and washing soda on hand, I can't wait to try this.

This is genius. Your planning and execution of these tests was near flawless. You even provide precise instructions for how to replicate your results. This is the internet at its very best.