Hi Paul,
I would recommend against the naval jelly idea. I have a better idea and being involved in the auto restoration hobby for over 30 years the stuff I have found to be the best is a product called POR-15. They have a website and I am in no way connected to the company. The stuff is amazing, but it is best to separate it into 3 or more baby food jars because it sets up like a brick. They use it on all types of ferrous iron in auto restoration where one can not sand blast, chemical immersion or even acid immersion. I bet even Brian Bayless may know about it. The stuff does not come off clothes and it likes a little bit of rust to bond well. The link is below. It really works well!!
Best Regards, John Proch La Grange, Texas
________________________________ From: W PAUL PATZKOWSKY <oldtrikerider@q.com> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Sun, March 7, 2010 9:01:13 PM Subject: Re: [CR] Rust Remover--Found it!
It has been almost 40 years but I did use naval jelly on chromed steel back then. I was cleaning up an old chil's trike; the handlebars were brown. After applying naval jelly to the handlebars they were shiny again though somewhat pitted. .
Paul Patzkowsky
Longmont, Colorado
> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 21:01:05 -0500
> From: johnb@oxford.net
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Rust Remover--Found it!
>
> John Ferguson wrote:
> > Rust Release Super Gel...only took an hour or so to find it again.
> >
> > I'm going to try mixing Evaporust with corn starch first.
> >
> Have you tried naval jelly? Should be able to find it in a hardware
> store. You just paint it on like paint stripper jel. I've used an oxalic
> acid bath to remove rust from chromed steel bits and it works really
> well. A few weeks ago I saw a piece on a hot rod show on Speed Channel
> about a product called Metal Rescue http://www.metalrescue.com that was
> supposed to be "environmentally friendly" and requested a sample on the
> site. There's lots of videos there how it works. I've tried to compare
> it against oxalic acid, but so far have only done it on a couple of
> really rusty license plate screws I found in the garage. Neither one
> came out bright and shiny after 24 hours. I've yet to try it on rusty
> chrome parts.
>
> --
> John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada