Well I tried several different ways to remove rust over the years and a friend gave me a gallon of some stuff called Rust Cure. I tried it the way he suggested as well as following the directions on the bottle and was never really happy with the way it worked. It removed the rust but it took more than I thought it would.
Well after doing a little research about using chemical rust removing processes I found 1 guy that used this stuff a little differently than the directions stated.
Once I tried it the new way it worked like a champ and here's a few pics to show you how well it did on my rusty frame. You'll need a heavy pair of rubber gloves, some scotch brite pads, green seems to work the best, and a spray bottle. Wet the area down and the scotch brite pad as well and start rubbing the area down. What you'll notice right away is the greenish clear liquid will start changing color and producing a grey type sludge. You need to spray the area a few times more and you'll start seeing clean metal showing up.
Where I tried it first was the top of the frame on the drivers side and in less than 10 minutes it was rust free. I've spend just a couple of hours spraying and scrubing the frame and you can see what it looked like before and afterwards. It takes a full day for it to dry and it leaves the metal coated in a phosphoric shell kind of like parkerizing but if you don't want that on it you can wash it off with water once you get the rust off. Don't wait until it's dry or it's a total pain to remove. This isn't ideal for a lot of things but it would be ideal for body surface rust where you din't want to sand. This way you can prevent further issues and do minimal damage to the metal. The last pic is where I tried it and once everything was clean I already painted the frame. As you can see it didn't damage the paint I'd already used on the frame.
Well after doing a little research about using chemical rust removing processes I found 1 guy that used this stuff a little differently than the directions stated.Once I tried it the new way it worked like a champ and here's a few pics to show you how well it did on my rusty frame.
You'll need a heavy pair of rubber gloves, some scotch brite pads, green seems to work the best, and a spray bottle. Wet the area down and the scotch brite pad as well and start rubbing the area down. What you'll notice right away is the greenish clear liquid will start changing color and producing a grey type sludge. You need to spray the area a few times more and you'll start seeing clean metal showing up.Where I tried it first was the top of the frame on the drivers side and in less than 10 minutes it was rust free. I've spend just a couple of hours spraying and scrubing the frame and you can see what it looked like before and afterwards. It takes a full day for it to dry and it leaves the metal coated in a phosphoric shell kind of like parkerizing but if you don't want that on it you can wash it off with water once you get the rust off. Don't wait until it's dry or it's a total pain to remove. This isn't ideal for a lot of things but it would be ideal for body surface rust where you din't want to sand. This way you can prevent further issues and do minimal damage to the metal.
The last pic is where I tried it and once everything was clean I already painted the frame. As you can see it didn't damage the paint I'd already used on the frame.
