Evapo-rust???

What is everyones experience with Evapo-rust? I searched the forums and found it mentioned a few times but wanted to know if this stuff is worth a crap. I have the opportunity to get a 55 gal drum of it for next to nothing but don't want to get it if it doesn't work and then end up having to find a way to get rid of it.

 

Works very well in my opinion, use it offten de-rusting machine shop tooling.

 

Works well- loses it's strength after so many uses, but I've had good success with it.

One neat thing you can do is soak a towel with it and lay the towel on sheetmetal to cover a large area.

 

Works good!

 

I've used it a few times. In my experience, it works just as well as plain vinegar, only slightly faster, and a lot more expensive

 

I've used quite a few gallons of it. I think it works pretty well. It will evaporate if left uncovered, so you need to keep it in a sealed container. If you're getting your hands on 55 gallons worth, I bet you could sell that for $15 a gallon on craigslist and make some money.

 

They named it right, It evaporates very fast. Worked pretty well though....

 

I used it to clean the rust out of my Model A gas tank. It seemed to work pretty good.

 

I guess I will go ahead and pick it up then. It was a mis-shipment to one of our customers and the supplier won't take it back so I have to write it off now. I may just post a clasified ad on here for it because that is more than a lifetime supply for me. At $8.00 a gallon my cost I can't pass it up. If anyone is interested, PM me or look for an ad in the classifieds.

 

Yep it's $25 a gallon at HF.

 

I soaked some rusty steel cowl lamps in it overnight and when I pulled them out they looked like the day they were made. The bare steel was shiny and the painted surfaces still had paint that looked great. However, I had to coat them with WD 40 real fast as they started to rerust almost immediately.

Don

 

This is a 24hr soak in some very used 3 yr old vinegar from the dollar store.
I did spend about 2 mins with a steel tooth brush under the sink.
I pulled it this morning and its flashed a tiny bit in this pic mins ago.

 

In my experience it does what it says it will, unusual in these times.

 

in Wisconsin the price is $23.00

 

Just used it on my Dart station wagon roof......over night soak. (Paper towels under plastic sheet). Followed with KBS coatings "galvanized steel" primer.

It does work, better and safer that Ospho.

$400 worth - you could de-rust a whole project.

 

It appears not to attack steel in any way. Viniger will eat iron and steel. I even soak original column drops in it. It removes all corrosion but does evaporate if not covered.