Evaporust tips & tricks

[scuncio]

Seeing Steve mention soaking a driveshaft in a PVC tube of Evaporust made me wonder what other tips you folks have used to derust your projects. I'm in the process of derusting my Canadian L78 Camaro and some of the larger parts are tough to accommodate without wasting gallons of the stuff. I'd love to see any inventive ways you've developed...thanks!

[X66 714]

I'm getting ready to do my hood hinges. I would probably get a blanket storage container at Target. I purchase a 5 gallon on e-bay. Cheaper & free delivery. It stays better if you can put a lid on it. I did my driveshaft with a 4" pvc & caps on both ends. With new product it was over night & it looked like brand new tubing. It was an Arizona car so that too is different. I have small containers for small items. When the product gets old, I just change it....Joe

[SS427]

Whenever you are done using the product, ALWAYS strain the liquid through cheese cloth to pull all the rust particles and contaminants out of the liquid. According to the rep I talked to, he said that the product will continue to work (and wear out) if it has something to de-rust so eliminating those particles from the bottom of what ever container you are using will prolong the life of it. Same goes for using a sprayer, strain it before running it through the spray nozzle.

[R68GTO]

Get several sizes of pvc tubing for things from drive shafts to ebrake cables. Also, when using pvc for this process, stand it up in a 5-gallon bucket, just in case you didn't get a full glue seal on your cap - I learned the hard way and had to wipe up $20 worth of evaporust off my garage floor. I've also used heavy 6 mil industrial trash bags as evaporust containers. You can tie them tight to the part to reduce volume of Evaporust needed to do the job. Same as pvc/bucket trick, place it in a large plastic tub before walking away in case your part pokes a hole in the trash bag.

[marxjunk]

i use it on muncie gears that have gone dry and i love what it does to carbs..

[NorCam]

I've been using the stuff like Frank's red hot and put everything in it.

Stainless, chrome, rotors, calipers, suspension, driveshafts, hood hinges, rubber mounts, aluminum parts, die cast, brake cables, hollow hard lines and it's flat out excellent for cleaning seats belts without ever disturbing the ink on the dated tags or printed labels. Just be sure to rinse parts with soap and water right when they come out and blow them off with an air hose or give them a good wipe down.

I've used about 20 gallons of it in the past couple years and I'm ready for a new 5 gallon pail real soon. I buy it from Fastenal and have all kinds of different containers that I use it in. Get your hands on a long shallow goat feeding trough or window planters for those long items you want to soak. As above, you can get creative with 3" or 4" tubing with end caps glued on.

[earntaz]

Originally Posted by NorCam

I've been using the stuff like Frank's red hot and put everything in it.

Stainless, chrome, rotors, calipers, suspension, driveshafts, hood hinges, rubber mounts, aluminum parts, die cast, brake cables, hollow hard lines and it's flat out excellent for cleaning seats belts without ever disturbing the ink on the dated tags or printed labels. Just be sure to rinse parts with soap and water right when they come out and blow them off with an air hose or give them a good wipe down.

I've used about 20 gallons of it in the past couple years and I'm ready for a new 5 gallon pail real soon. I buy it from Fastenal and have all kinds of different containers that I use it in. Get your hands on a long shallow goat feeding trough or window planters for those long items you want to soak. As above, you can get creative with 3" or 4" tubing with end caps glued on.

Yup - PVC pipe for soaking a driveshaft ... works well ...

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by NorCam

I've been using the stuff like Frank's red hot and put everything in it.

...and it's flat out excellent for cleaning seats belts without ever disturbing the ink on the dated tags or printed labels.

Can you give us more detail on the process? Did you clean them in soap and water first? I'm ready to work on the 'cuda seat belt set next...

[NorCam]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Can you give us more detail on the process? Did you clean them in soap and water first? I'm ready to work on the 'cuda seat belt set next...

Just sent you that info as a PM Steve. Here it is for anyone else considering putting seat belts into Evapo-Rust. By the way, this will save your wifes dishwasher for anyone who's contaminated one of those trying to clean seat belts.

I kinda fluked into this because I was having so much success with different things in Evapo-Rust. I only had a partial set of mismatched deluxe headed belts and thought what the heck...try it? I can't lose much if it harms the labels so in they went? I tossed four belts straight into a clean fresh bucket of the stuff and left it there for about 24 hours.

As I pulled them out I could see the labels were cleaner looking and none of the printed ink was disturbed and the belts looked really clean, so mission accomplished right? I took them outside and power washed them under a fine spray nozzle at close range to clear out the webbing and rinse them thoughly and they came out looking awesome.

I then hung them to dry on the fence and these things looked like brand new once they had dried and were still soft and flexible to the touch. No adverse effects on the silk-like labels or printed ink. Just be sure to rinse them well as I did. I have since been told that a soapy rinse does well to dunk them after EV and then a light rinse under the hose or the tap? I think either would be fine. I have since done a bunch more and they all look awesome as I have now have a complete set which are now clean. No odor or anything after being rinsed. And no rust issues with the inside rollers that weren't so good before the heads were dunked along with the belts.

Graeme

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[scuncio]

Thanks guys, good stuff!