Evapo-rust

[britpip]

I came across this stuff in a catalog I got in the mail the other day.
http://www.evapo-rust.com
If anyone has actually tried it, I'd be interested to see your results!

[grinsebring]

Looks like the same stuff I have to remove rust stains from my painted concrete driveway. Albeit a different brand name, the description and
so called claimed results are the same.
It do'es remove rust from my driveway, but I have to be careful it dos'nt dull the paint as well. As far as using it on coins, dunno. Nickles are the only coins I find with rust on them. As far as trying to remove the rust, it would probably work. The problem here is when you dig up a coin like that and try to remove the rust, you will find the rust is what held the detail together. Once the rust and corrosion are gone, most of the date and fine lines go with it. Someone may have tried it already and will chime in. My opinion, save your money...Gil...

[~Alan~]

Normally these products are too good to be true.
"Anti-rust" and "water based", don't quite add up for me.

Either way, never use any of these products on good coins or artefacts.

[britpip]

That's what had me perplexed, too - the whole anti-rust/water-based thing, just seemed a bit odd, so I thought I ask & see if anyone has actually tried it. It was in a Musser Forest catalog, which usually has good quality commerical grade tools & land-management equipment in it, so something iffy like this just looked weird. LOL

[Voriax]

Not 4 sale in here afaik but there seems to be several tests of this product on various car restoration sites. Considering that such folks hate rust their reviews may have some validity in them..and the stuff seems to work at least to certain degree.
Google a bit and form your opinion.

Voriax

[Rudy]

Here are a couple of Evapo-Rust reviews.

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/ru...ust/index.html
http://www.amazon.com/review/product...owViewpoints=1

[rover]

Originally Posted by grinsebring

Looks like the same stuff I have to remove rust stains from my painted concrete driveway. Albeit a different brand name, the description and
so called claimed results are the same.
It do'es remove rust from my driveway, but I have to be careful it dos'nt dull the paint as well. As far as using it on coins, dunno. Nickles are the only coins I find with rust on them. As far as trying to remove the rust, it would probably work. The problem here is when you dig up a coin like that and try to remove the rust, you will find the rust is what held the detail together. Once the rust and corrosion are gone, most of the date and fine lines go with it. Someone may have tried it already and will chime in. My opinion, save your money...Gil...

It might be what you're talking about but I doubt it. I own a pressure washing business and I remove a lot of rust from drive ways. The rust you're talking about is from the well water. The products that you can buy to remove that stuff is basicaly very expensive oxalic acid. I buy streight oxalic acid (50 lbs bags) from the chemical store and I can mix it as strong as it will dilute and it still won't remove any rust caused by rusting iron. It will lighten it but it won't remove it 100% like it will with irrigation rust from the well's. If they are advertising it to remove rust from metal, It has to be something else like Ospho or something.

[rascal]

If Billy Mays ain't selling it I don't believe it. LOL

[gunsgt1863]

Surprisingly, this stuff works just as advertised. I used it to restore an old block plane and it "converted" all the rust and rinsed off with water. I recommend it, if you can find it. I just wish I could find a 2000 gallon vat of it to dip my van in.

[bardklb]

I use the evaporust and it does work.On severe itemsit take more time but it's easy and safe. Here's a pic of a buckle that was cleaned with evaporust.

[bardklb]

I wish I had taken a pic of this knife before cleaning it. A friend found this one in her grandfathers tool box and it was rusted so bad it wouldn't open. I dropped the whole thing in evaporust for 2 days and rinsed it off with water. Turns out this knife was made untill 1957 and sold in hardware stores.It's an automatic switch blade and it works! I dried it with compressed air and applied a light coat of oil.

[gunsgt1863]

A trick I learned from cleaning black powder guns, is to wash or rinse in hot water (to clean my black powder revolvers, I disassemble them and boil them). Then, as soon as you take them out, shake/blow/wipe dry and then wipe down with oil while still very hot. The oil seems to "soak into" the metal (kind of like seasoning a cast iron pan). Just remember, the metal will be HOT!

[Rudy]

Originally Posted by gunsgt1863

A trick I learned from cleaning black powder guns, is to wash or rinse in hot water (to clean my black powder revolvers, I disassemble them and boil them). Then, as soon as you take them out, shake/blow/wipe dry and then wipe down with oil while still very hot. The oil seems to "soak into" the metal (kind of like seasoning a cast iron pan). Just remember, the metal will be HOT!

That's how I used to clean my M14 after a hard day in the field.