I looked on the Eastwood site and see they also have Rust Dissolver in gel form:
http://www.eastwood.com/
"Eastwood's Gel Rust Dissolver harnesses the powerful rust dissolving properties of our popular liquid version and into a clinging gel. This gel adheres to large surfaces and dissolves rust without having to submerse the metal in a tub or bucket."
-- John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada
Anthony Taylor wrote:
> John et al,
>
> I have used POR 15 to clean and seal the inside of a motorcycle gas tank. And as you say, it works very well. However I would not use it to remove rust from shiny parts (e.g. fasteners, chromed ends, etc.) because of the residue it leaves. I still highly recommend Eastwood Rust Dissolver. It works very well, leaves parts bright and shiny, and will not attack aluminum, plastic, rubber, or paint. For example, you can treat your Campy brake adjusters without removing the rubber rings, or brake block holders without removing the blocks. I simply quarter fill an old jam jar, and drop the parts in. Give them a swirl, and leave them to percolate.
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> Tony Taylor
> Manchester NH
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> To: W PAUL PATZKOWSKY <oldtrikerider@q.com>; classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Wed, March 10, 2010 12:13:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [CR] Rust Remover--Found it!
>
> Hi Paul,
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> 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!!
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> http://www.stoprust.net/
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> Best Regards,
> John Proch
> La Grange, Texas
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> ________________________________
> 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!
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> 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.
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> Paul Patzkowsky
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> Longmont, Colorado
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>> 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:
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>>> 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