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Offline VileZambonie

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Vinegar
« on: May 05, 2009, 08:41:01 pm »
I just tried vinegar to lift some rust out of an old tailgate I have and can't believe how good it worked! I had to keep it wet and wiped it for about a 1/2 hour and it totally took out all of the surface rust after sanding in the rust pits and crevices.
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Offline hotrod24

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Re: Vinegar
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2009, 08:59:42 pm »
cool i need to try that
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Offline 80stepsideguy

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Re: Vinegar
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2009, 01:12:36 pm »
Dusty,
you better corner the market on vinegar for both of your projects lol... j/k... Cool to hear vinegar is good for something else besides on french fries and salads...

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Offline hotrod24

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Re: Vinegar
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2009, 01:44:20 pm »
yea i am not having the best time right now lol
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Offline ssblu502

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Re: Vinegar
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2009, 08:05:56 pm »
That is good to know, I have a few small surface rust spots on my cab.

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Offline exilous

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Re: Vinegar
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2009, 12:02:10 pm »
does it eat paint too? how about like herculiner or rhino liner? LOL

Offline VileZambonie

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Re: Vinegar
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2009, 07:33:24 am »
Not sure but that aircraft remover stuff will.
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Offline 4chevyman

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Re: Vinegar
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2009, 10:14:10 pm »
I read an article in Car Craft where they tried out different rust dissolvers.  One of those was vinegar and it turned out to work really well. 

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Re: Vinegar
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2009, 12:18:38 pm »
Very interesting. Acetic acid is your friend! lol  Also excellent on removing hard water spots.
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Re: Vinegar
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2009, 08:33:16 pm »
Take a pack of Grape Cool Aid and mix about 2 tb spoons of water with it and it will eat rust off also, it works great and smells better than vinegar.