1956 Streamliner "rustoration" (organic acid bath)

[Nos]

It's been a minute since I posted an oxalic acid bath before and after. I see a wealth of misinformation about them on the internet so I grabbed something out of the barn to clean up. I found a few more in there that are good candidates but I wanted to start with this one so I could video the entire thing from draw the water to rinse the frame. I theoretically have plenty of time to do it today but I need to grab some oven cleaner for the nickel and chrome parts and I don't have a correct front wheel here. I see so many people doing it wrong and frustrates the begeezes out of me.

 

[Nos]

I'll do something crustier next. I went barnstorming today and there is no shortage of rust out there. I found a 38 Elgin I forgot to put in the truck I kinda got distracted.

and there is always this thing. I'd love to see how much original paint is left here

 

[srfndoc]

Nice stash! Ready to see some before/after photos.

 

[Nos]

180 degree solution at 2 ph is the target. the trouble is you can throw a bicycle in a public pool and the rust will dissolve after about 24 hours. It will take too much detail with it though. I can make about 160 degrees here and i am going to fudge my ph somewhere in the upward curve. As long as i don't hit a lower number I am fine. Should take me half an hour.

 

[Nos]

Nice stash! Ready to see some before/after photos.

Yeah I want to document this one though so there is just no question about it this time what actually happens.

 

[Nos]

before and after photos just don't tell the time element story

 

[Nos]

That and I need to finish this first before i start something else. the "shop" is a shambled wreck right now.

 

[joel.romeo.79]

Still haven't figured out how to link my Tapatalk account to my desktop. I am just not going to worry about it. I am just shy of enough of this to be comfortable and these were on sale so I plan to tear down the bike today and bath tomorrow. I have to go all the way to Ace in Rockwall to find this stuff and I don't feel like it

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[joel.romeo.79]

I keep trying keep trying to explain this to people and they never want to listen so I just happened to have an app that calculates these numbers distributed by "Pirates love bacon". It's called pool pal. There is a free version for Android. I tell everyone who asks and everyone who asks always asks the same question, your water quality is going to determine acid demand.

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[joel.romeo.79]

I couldn't find a cork so I shoved a potato in the drain. I am using 50 gallons. I checked it at the street.

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