Buy a bulk tub of vinegar and a plasterers tub and sling your parts in there? Ive just tried it on a couple of engine mounts and it works MINT

Gonna try an exhaust manifold over the weekend too, will stick some before and after pics up too

I tried a few small drops on an old inlet manifold (cast aluminium) and it left it all day without any issues too, though Im going to do a proper test on that before I go dissolving my nice expensive throttle bodies

Shamelessly stole the idea from here

Home made parts washer for a tenner

 

Wow!

 

I will be now thats amazing.

 

Cool will give that a go on some bits.

 

now how can i do the full car

anyone got a swimming pool

 

Gonna have a go with a load of bleach on an old header tank too later, will let you know how that turns out too

 

Average Swimming Pool: 375,000 liters

568 millilitres = 0.568 litres

375,000 / 0.568 (bottles) = 660211.26 Bottles

660211.26 * £0.14 = £92429.57

I'm sure Ford would make you a new shell for that

 

thats well good, hmmmmm wat can i try it on lol.

 

Get some before and after shots put on.

 

I was originally trained as an Industrial chemist... analysed vinegar at one stage
Whats happening here is that vinegar is between 5-15% acetic acid a mild organic acid compare to mineral acids like hydrochrloric, phopshoric etc.
What you are doing are gently etching those parts. Which is fine and works well on sensitive items. For rugged items you could upgrade a little, coke is stronger, I think it is similar strengh acid but is phosphoric, ouch.

Your bleach is peroxide which I think will have indetermiate results. If you have organic residues it might lift them off. Be careful on aluminium as it forms an oxide layer that seals it. You might try caustic and buffing.

A milder approach on steel is the reverse, that is use caustic soda a strong base (NaOH), be careful though as both strong acids and bases burn you.
NaOH by nature does not etch which is a good thing as once metal is etched off you cant put it back

 

sweet..... might give it a go with some parts

 

Nice find

 

Ive had a bucket with 6 litres of vinegar in the garage for the last week with numerous bolts and brackets in. It does the job but fookin stinks the garage out LOL!

The kids keep asking what the smell is...

It does work though. Sometimes it pays to get the bits out after a couple of days, lightly go at them with a wire brush then pop em back in to soak.


I might try the coke next. (at least it'll smell better!!!)

 

white distilled vinegar doenst smell as much!!! coke sounds a good idea! got a tubular manifold that needs cleaning up!

 

Sounds good, think i will give this a try at the weekend

 

Thats what i thought!

 

I tried vinegar on a few things and was well impressed with the results , as already said its better to soak for a few days then scrub with a brush then let it soak for a few more days . Here are some pics .

This was well rusted and left for a week i then used a tooth brush to clean the right side mount .

 

Simple cheap effective way of cleaning top find

 

it works a mate of mine used to do it as long as the water is red hot

 

Sounds good You'll smell like a mobile fish & chip van though,

 

need some bits doing,nice find n info..