How do you clean your rust bolts?

[drglinski]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

LOL! Yes Daniel, your blade is now worth exactly $7.38 less that it was before.

haha

[Beer Belly]

I have cleaned many old "Griswold" Erie, PA & "Wagner" Sidney, O, cast iron frying pans in the past. Straight vinegar works wonders on the rust, Easy-Off oven cleaner on grunge. Never tried it on a tractor, but.....

[yeeter]

I have a plastic container (maybe a pretzel container) with a screw on lid, filled with a rust remover solution. I dont remember the brand, but likely not much different than the molasses concoction. When taking things apart I just throw them all in there and leave it sit a few days.

The rate at which I get projects done this is fine. And they are all in one place.

Otherwise I just swap them out new.

[Hand_108]

Originally Posted by cc_bob

Not quick but very cheap and EASY, just mix up some molasses and water and let them sit for a week. It won't remove the plating or grease but it will remove all of the rust.

Details here..
http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=26163

Molasses works AWESOME!!!! But it does take a long time. I used a 50gal plastic trash can and did a bunch of stuff to test it. My "tank" sat out side about 6+ months, froze, thawed, froze, thawed. Started it in Oct and pulled stuff out April-May. Was AMAZED!!!! And I would do it again in a second!!!

[cc_bob]

Originally Posted by Hand_108

Molasses works AWESOME!!!! But it does take a long time. I used a 50gal plastic trash can and did a bunch of stuff to test it. My "tank" sat out side about 6+ months, froze, thawed, froze, thawed. Started it in Oct and pulled stuff out April-May. Was AMAZED!!!! And I would do it again in a second!!!

Glad to hear someone else has tried this.
The warmer it is outside the better it works. I usually leave stuff in for a week, take it out and pressure wash it, and put it in for another week. After the second week it's usually completely rust free. I haven't tried it in the winter, afraid my tank would split if it froze.

[Hand_108]

Originally Posted by cc_bob

Glad to hear someone else has tried this.
The warmer it is outside the better it works. I usually leave stuff in for a week, take it out and pressure wash it, and put it in for another week. After the second week it's usually completely rust free. I haven't tried it in the winter, afraid my tank would split if it froze.

Yes, I hear it works better when warmer. I was not thinking about that when I did it. I just wanted to do it. I kind of forgot about it and then next thing I knew it was winter and it was frozen solid. I wasnt worried about it splitting as it was sitting outside by my garage. If it did, it would have been no worse than when I dumped it out. What I want to get is one of those BIG 250 gallon totes on a pallet with the wire around it with a drain on the bottom and try even bigger parts. And a 2nd one for an electrolis tank. But if I do, it will be started early March and not pulled untill Oct. The wheels I did were BAD and they came out looking really good. Longer they sit, better/cleaner/rust removed they will be. Most of my projects are never "gotta get it done now" projects, so sitting for 6+ months to soak/derust is no biggie to me.

Glad to hear im not the only crazy one out there...heheheheeh

John

[Leadslingingdaddy]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

My time is worth too much money to take the time to clean a bolt that can be replaced for such small cost. I understand that some people want the IH headed bolt, but so far.... I have never seen a case where it made a difference on the value of the machine, or won more trophy's for having the original hardware. (On a Cub Cadet) If you know of a case where it did matter, I'll bow out of that statement.

What he said!

[Cubby guy]

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