Surely you could set up a video camera so that we could sit and watch 24 hours a day. It would be enthralling to watch as once every hour a little bubble might hit the surface and burst its way to freedom. Keep up the good work!

so..... whats the results morris? i cant believe im actually excited to see the outcome

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“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

Well after 1 day there is not much to see. The vinegar is bubbling away and slowly changing from brown vinegar to rust coloured vinegar.

It does not look like there has been much of a difference but all the loose stuff has gone and it is starting to eat into the rust.


So we will see how it looks tomorrow.

I am not looking for the cheapest rust removal product, I am just showing an easy way to clean rust of metal and to loosen rusted bolts. ( I am a tightarse but that is not the reason for the experiment!)

I will clean up the other half of the clamp with molasses, that is going to be the part 2 of this experiment. (there may be a part 3)

Try salt water for the part 3, I want to know what happens

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If you want it to rust quickly you just take it out of the vinegar and leave it an hour. It changes colour while you watch.

Try this will work on the that rusty clamp and will release the bolt

This works, i use it alot and its cheap cheap

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/rust/electrolysis.pdf

Have just done a very rusty fence strainer worked a treat

Kiwiinwgtn

How about giving Coca-cola a go?

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you could have done all three at the same time
cant say I have anything around the same rust to try some thing also

Let us know when you can get the bolt out

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I don't have that many exhaust clamps.

To be honest, why? I bought this stuff called EvapoRust, although there may be similar products in Aus. It's about NZ$50 for five litres, environmentally friendly, more or less odourless and reusable. You soak the part for 24 hours, the rust is gone and the part is protected against rust for weeks.

I mean, unless you get a load of vinegar for free, I can't see it being effective or cost-effective. Although I should add, interesting to see the effect of vinegar or coke - kind of like a low budget mythbusters episode

I'll do a test tomorrow if I can, and post the results.

i did that....worked well for me

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Coke would work because it's got phosphoric acid in it = that is what is in all the 'Rust Converters' on the market. I always look for the cheapest with the highest concentration of H2PO4 Coke would not be that cheap and you can't drink it afterward

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My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

but it gives me the excuse to buy a 24can pack, use 3 cans for the mini, and the rest to drink YAY

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Morris, not too late to sneak the vinegar back in mum's pantry. Quit while your'e in front, old son.

Vinegar (acetic acid) is a very weak acid. Only 1-5% ionization compared to in-organic acids (hydrochloric, sulphuric) which are 100% ionized. But these attack the metal, not just the rust, as we know, so something less potent needed.

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Full of "molecular acid"

Cut one up Pretty powerful stuff (in the movie).