Tech: Coke (It's the real thing)

[Gr8ballsofir]

I don't know if this has been mentioned before (it probably has), but I've been struggling with a junk yard motor with 3 rust-welded pistons for a couple of months now. A machinist told me to pour coke down the cylinder and leave it for 15 minutes or so. well I tried this last night and freed all 3 pistons in a couple of hours!!

[scooter]

coke is really good w/ ice and rum too .
I did that trick some surface rust on some chrome , worked well .

[Smokin Joe]

I Like Comfort & Cokes myself.

[BARNETT]

Coke eats rust and cleans battery terminals...I think drinking it gets less and less appealing. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[FoMoCo_MoFo]

I learned to wonders of Coke while working at a bike shop as a kid. it was the only thing that could get an aluminum seat post of of a steel frame. not even a torch could do a better job.

Later when I was on tour we used to "spill" it on the stage at soundcheck for a slip-free rockshow... learned it from Rod Stewart...

[zman]

Back in the 80's when the Vert ramps in Virginia Beach were fiberglass and the big Vert ramp At Cedar Crest was metal we would squirt coke on them to make them less slippery. Worked great.

[Broman]

We used to use coke in the 80's too...

...it's the best way to clean a mirror that I've ever seen. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[57wagon]

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We used to use coke in the 80's too...

...it's the best way to clean a mirror that I've ever seen. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif



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HAAAAAA!!!! Look no streaks http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[JimC]

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We used to use coke in the 80's too...

...it's the best way to clean a mirror that I've ever seen.



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Driving from Wichits,Ks to Joplin,Mo several years ago on a rainy night, somewhere we picked up an oily film on the windshield.
Stopped at a small gas station in Neodesha,Ks for gas and asked the attendant how to get the film off ofthe windshield. He said pour Coke on it.

DO NOT ever try that at home! Or anywhere else, for that matter. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[just steve]

Years ago we went to an indoor Midget car race at the St. Paul Civic Center. To get enough traction off the polished concrete floor, they poured Coke syrup on it. So the races smelled like alcohol exhaust, tire rubber, and burnt coke . . .

Steve.

[InPrimer]

Use to to this in the AF , to help clean uniforms especially with grease spots we would pour a can of Coke with the wash, cleaned out grease stains well(This is before the new orange based cleaners were invented)

[colorado51]

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We used to use coke in the 80's too...

...it's the best way to clean a mirror that I've ever seen. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Ahhh yes, the 80's......

A lot of red noses back then!

[Broman]

That was a cheap joke, I figured someone would beat me to it, but I guess I got dibs....

Seriously,

I've seen coke or Mountain Dew used as an initial parts cleaner on old crusty stuff. Let it soak overnight or whatever and then use your regular parts cleaner to get the crap off.

A waste of a perfectly good Coke though, since that stuff is five times more expensive than fuel if you're buying it from a machine....'course I'll never understand the sense behind why we all started paying for water either....I could see if you lived in Mexico or France, but damn, turn on the tap - water comes out, what am I missing?

[BARNETT]

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course I'll never understand the sense behind why we all started paying for water either

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...ever tasted Dallas tap water? Go outside, grab a tablespoon of dirt and mix with a glass of water. blecch. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Flexicoker]

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course I'll never understand the sense behind why we all started paying for water either

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...ever tasted Dallas tap water? Go outside, grab a tablespoon of dirt and mix with a glass of water. blecch. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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my Coppell water tastes fine http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

would this coke trick work for say a horrendously rusty water pump? Or should I use something else for the thick rust?

[hankcash]

I use to... I mean I hear that women use to douche with Coke....
For real!!!!

"share a Coke and a smile"... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

HC

['Flyin' Dutchman']

A couple weeks ago some dude posted a big list with all kinds of shocking facts about Coke on a Dutch musclecar messageboard...

It's not on there anymore because those stupid dorks built the board so that every thread that's not looked at for 30 days will be automatically deleted...

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HAMB is better!!!


Maybe the same list will show up here... It was really interesting..

[hankcash]

a quick search produced the following site:

http://members.tripod.com/~Barefoot_Lass/cola.html

HC

[Gr8ballsofir]

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would this coke trick work for say a horrendously rusty water pump? Or should I use something else for the thick rust?

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It'd be worth a try. I was truly amazed at the speed that the pistons were freed...

[Broman]

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...ever tasted Dallas tap water? Go outside, grab a tablespoon of dirt and mix with a glass of water. blecch.


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Well, I guess, but didn't they tell yous guys about a new invention called a water softener?

I must be lucky. We live in a region where you can drive a "sand-point" anywhere you want and water is as pure, clean and as tasteless as you could ever wish for. We had our water tested and they told us that water doesn't get any cleaner or more clear......I've lived here all my life - maybe I should get out more - to taste the shitty water all around the world. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif


I am alway bitching about this place, but now I can brag about our water......whoopie.

[hankcash]

When we had our place built about 7 years ago.. the first thing we did was invest in a whole house water softener and a reverse osmosis system installed for all of the kitchen/drinking/ice maker water....
Warning... a good set-up will run you a few grand....

What a difference...
I can't even drink the water at work or at friends houses cause it smells like fish butt.....

FYI.. look at the ice in your ice maker... if it's white, it's full of dirt and dust....
If it's clean, it should be clear as glass....

The ice in the ice maker here at work looks like sleet and is as white as my ass...
I can see through my ice at home ...and I love it!
HC

[alchemy]

I'm gonna try a couple gallons on the water jackets of a rusty flathead. Couldn't hurt too much. Or maybe it'll eat throught the cylinder walls?

[Tony Bones]

Somebody dip their penis in a glass of coke for a couple hours and put up a pic. on Cole's post.

That would rock. Not it!

[leadsleadolds]

Mythbusters on discovery or tlc did a half an episode on coke it cleans up blood off concrete polished chrome better than polish. On the battery terminals water worked just as well.

[polisher]

It's the phosphoric acid in coke and any cola makes it eat rust.

[noboD]

On th water pump deal, why not use the mollasses solution. just tried it on some very pitted sheat metal and it worked great.