Oxalic acid on spokes and nipples?

Boris

Old fat tired rider

• Jan 29, 2014

• #1

Will I be hurting the finish on my cadmium plated spokes and brass plated nipples if I soak them in oxalic acid? If this is safe to do, what is the best way to get the residue off, especially inside on the threads inside the nipples?

 

bike

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe

In Memoriam

• Jan 29, 2014

• #2

Solution of baking soda

neutralizes acid.

 

SirMike1983

Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe

• Jan 29, 2014

• #3

Oxalic acid will generally pull cad plating off.

 

Boris

Old fat tired rider

• Jan 29, 2014

• #4

Glad I asked. THANKS!!!

 

M

menzorro

Look Ma, No Hands!

• Jan 29, 2014

• #5

It's rough on brass. Great for rusted steel and doesn't seem to damage paint.

 

rlhender

Wore out three sets of tires already!

• Jan 29, 2014

• #6

Heres what it will do for paint after one day of soaking

 

C

CAT341

Finally riding a big boys bike

• Jan 29, 2014

• #7

SirMike1983 said:

Oxalic acid will generally pull cad plating off.

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I'd have to second this.........it does work really well on removing rust from chrome and stainless steel.

 

Jennifer Parker

Wore out three sets of tires already!

• Jan 29, 2014

• #8

Vaseline...

Put Vaseline on the nipples?

 

GTs58

I'm the Wiz, and nobody beats me!

• Jan 29, 2014

• #9

OA works great on chromed steel. Not so nice to galvanize parts or alloys. Spokes are not cad plated, they're galvanized with zinc.

 

dougfisk

Cruisin' on my Bluebird

• Jan 29, 2014

• #10

I have soaked spokes and nipples in O.A. It seems to darken whatever plating is still left on the spokes. And it will remove whatever silver plating is left on the nipples.