I posted my thoughts on Evaporust on someone else's thread and it ended up sounding like one of those 3 am infomercials. I decided instead to start a dedicated thread about this stuff inviting comments good or bad. As far as my own experience, the only "cons" I see so far with this product is it's a bit pricey and sometimes not available locally....what say ye all....?
Here's my original post:
Ok, I'm one of those "gotta see it myself to believe it" guys and so I bought myself a gallon of this Evaporust stuff....greatest stuff since canned beer !!
Sometimes you need to soak the stuff for a few days, you can't be in a hurry...it turns the rust into this gooey black substance which I then scrub off with soft brass brush..another quick dip... and the results are almost magical:
these fork tubes had identical rust/corrosion on them:
It almost appears to put chrome back where there was no chrome...now I know that's impossible, but what it does is take all the corrosion off the chrome that's left and then it somehow etches the bare metal parts shiney and clean so it kind of all blends in. It's not new chrome by any means, the surface still has a fuzzy or peppered feel.... but like Furyus said, it almost looks better this way on an unrestored bike or sympathetic restoration on a survivor. Another weird plus I noticed...there was some flimsy foil decals on the top of the forks and the Evaporust cleaned them but didn't hurt them one bit. I'm going to shoot clear over everything I clean because I'm sure the rust would come right back if left unprotected.
The other great thing about this stuff is it's remarkably safe and easy to use...the rep who sold it to me showed me the MSDS sheet and said you can practically drink this stuff .(I don't recommend trying this) It has no offensive odor and feels like nothing when you get it on your hands....feels/smells kinda like vinegar. This is especially great now that I have moved to the cozy comfort of my heated basement instead of my walk in freezer of a garage. Don't have to worry about releasing some kind of noxious gas and poisoning the family or waking up and your fingertips are gone.
Another tip...because I'm working with only a gallon of this stuff, I have been making up special "baths" to soak the parts in, trying to make them as close to the parts size as possible. I made this pvc tube for the fork tubes and was able to get by with only about a quart of Evaporust to cover them one at a time.
One more note...once you start soaking parts you are not supposed to pour it back into the container and cap it...something to do with the enzymes being activated ...it's recommended that you just leave it in an open container (I just cover mine with a towel so it can breathe). It reportedly will remain effective at least a year this way.
sorry to be so long-winded but I've been waiting for the opportunity to brag on this stuff.:thumbsup:
Here's my original post:
Ok, I'm one of those "gotta see it myself to believe it" guys and so I bought myself a gallon of this Evaporust stuff....greatest stuff since canned beer !!
Sometimes you need to soak the stuff for a few days, you can't be in a hurry...it turns the rust into this gooey black substance which I then scrub off with soft brass brush..another quick dip... and the results are almost magical:
these fork tubes had identical rust/corrosion on them:
It almost appears to put chrome back where there was no chrome...now I know that's impossible, but what it does is take all the corrosion off the chrome that's left and then it somehow etches the bare metal parts shiney and clean so it kind of all blends in. It's not new chrome by any means, the surface still has a fuzzy or peppered feel.... but like Furyus said, it almost looks better this way on an unrestored bike or sympathetic restoration on a survivor. Another weird plus I noticed...there was some flimsy foil decals on the top of the forks and the Evaporust cleaned them but didn't hurt them one bit. I'm going to shoot clear over everything I clean because I'm sure the rust would come right back if left unprotected.
The other great thing about this stuff is it's remarkably safe and easy to use...the rep who sold it to me showed me the MSDS sheet and said you can practically drink this stuff .(I don't recommend trying this) It has no offensive odor and feels like nothing when you get it on your hands....feels/smells kinda like vinegar. This is especially great now that I have moved to the cozy comfort of my heated basement instead of my walk in freezer of a garage. Don't have to worry about releasing some kind of noxious gas and poisoning the family or waking up and your fingertips are gone.
Another tip...because I'm working with only a gallon of this stuff, I have been making up special "baths" to soak the parts in, trying to make them as close to the parts size as possible. I made this pvc tube for the fork tubes and was able to get by with only about a quart of Evaporust to cover them one at a time.
One more note...once you start soaking parts you are not supposed to pour it back into the container and cap it...something to do with the enzymes being activated ...it's recommended that you just leave it in an open container (I just cover mine with a towel so it can breathe). It reportedly will remain effective at least a year this way.
sorry to be so long-winded but I've been waiting for the opportunity to brag on this stuff.:thumbsup:
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