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Old 09-10-2010, 05:41 PM
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Default Re: Rust remover - more amazing uses!

Playing amateur chemist here, could it be that if the solution has absorbed so much iron from the derusting process, when you place a dissimilar metal like aluminum in it, it could cause an electrolytic action that eventually deteriorates the aluminum?
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