ok, im not talking alloy wheel cleaner, i mean the actual chemical

anyone know what it is???

and is it available at bandq or similar....lol


carl

 

meow

 

jees.....thought someone on here would know what the stuff they acid dip alloy in is called/

 

cetric acid isnt it?

i can find out tomorrow for sure

 

what do you mean by wheel acid BTW? i may of got that wrong

 

hey gareth,....

i dont want to know what the chemical in alloy wheel cleaner is,....

although, what im after is probably just a higher concentrate of it,...


if you take alloy to get "acid dipped", im after the chemical they use..

 

i think it would be sulfuric acid,, but wouldnt be sure of the PH used

what do you wanna do? acid dip your own wheels? its quite expensive

 

nah matey,...its to clean up alloy parts..

is it sulfuric in car batteries,....or hydrochlroic...either way,....that stuff doesnt even try to shift what i want to clean....lol..

but,...alloy wheel cleaner does touch it....lol....which makes me think the stuff i want is just a higher concentrate of it....

 

you gotta be real careful when cleaning alley parts with chemicals because if you have a chemical that can strip of the oxide layer from the aluminum, some very agressive actions can take place! the outside of aluminum is always in its oxide state, and will do anything to get oxidized

thinking about it,,, sulfuric acid wouldnt be good in a strong form,,,

i think sulfuric acid is H2SO4

remove the oxygen (which a non oxidized alley will do), and one of the parts you are left with is H

hydrogen and you dont wanna go there


i'll ask a surface expert chemist tomorrow on what too use

 

coolio gareth

many thanks

carl

 

www.wmst.co.uk

email these people

 

stuff we sell at work contains phosphoric acid

 

a nice cetric acid will be fine mate

 

cheers gareth, your a good man for finding out...


dont suppose you know where to get it do you....?




carl

 

sorry mate,, i wouldnt know

 

Carlsworth ill find out 2morro for ya and let you know where we buy it from. ill ask our chemist

 

shit hot,..cheers matey...would be a massive help