15-09-2019, 01:08 PM
Hi All
On my Brookfields Special thread I mentioned that I was trying out molasses as a method of rust removal. Jamie asked to be kept up to date so I thought a new thread may be a good idea.
I've posted some pics below.
The wheels were quite rusty when I got them so I did spend some time wire brushing and removing as much of the rust scale as I could.
The molasses was bought from a farm supplier and is used to feed horses (5 litres cost £8) I also bought a huge rubber bucket over 20" in diameter. I mixed the molasses 9 to 1 with water, dunked two wheels in and covered them with boards to stop vermin getting in. They were under cover and outside.
Firstly molasses smells especially once it starts to ferment and it develops a yucky mouldy crust so this method is not for the feint hearted!
I pulled a wheel out today, just two weeks since it went in, and I was quite pleasantly surprised. After a good hose down and another wire brush the wheel looks pretty much rust free. The molasses won't take off paint though. I dried the wheel with a hot air gun but within a 1/2 hour or so surface rust had already begun to develop so I gave the wheel a coat of primer (I had to brush paint as SWMBO won't let me use power tools on a Sunday so no compressor for spraying)
Hope this is of interest to others contemplating molasses rust removal?
Cheers
Howard
On my Brookfields Special thread I mentioned that I was trying out molasses as a method of rust removal. Jamie asked to be kept up to date so I thought a new thread may be a good idea.
I've posted some pics below.
The wheels were quite rusty when I got them so I did spend some time wire brushing and removing as much of the rust scale as I could.
The molasses was bought from a farm supplier and is used to feed horses (5 litres cost £8) I also bought a huge rubber bucket over 20" in diameter. I mixed the molasses 9 to 1 with water, dunked two wheels in and covered them with boards to stop vermin getting in. They were under cover and outside.
Firstly molasses smells especially once it starts to ferment and it develops a yucky mouldy crust so this method is not for the feint hearted!
I pulled a wheel out today, just two weeks since it went in, and I was quite pleasantly surprised. After a good hose down and another wire brush the wheel looks pretty much rust free. The molasses won't take off paint though. I dried the wheel with a hot air gun but within a 1/2 hour or so surface rust had already begun to develop so I gave the wheel a coat of primer (I had to brush paint as SWMBO won't let me use power tools on a Sunday so no compressor for spraying)
Hope this is of interest to others contemplating molasses rust removal?
Cheers
Howard