72 TA : New Project

[Mr70]

I agree,very informative.
Steve,you should quit your Day job..

[njsteve]

My old day job, back in the last decade before the turn of the century (never thought I'd be old enough to actually say that) was as a tech editor for Musclecar Review and Mopar Muscle Magazine. Maybe if I keep doing this I can legitimately write the whole restoration off on my taxes as a business expense, since I'm now a "Freelance Internet Published Restoration Technician."

[Xplantdad]

Whatever you classify yourself as...it's damn interesting to follow along!

[njsteve]

I kept thinking about the heated fluid idea so I stopped by the local PetsMart on my way home from work and picked up a submersible aquarium heater for about $25 (the ones for reptile tanks that can be fully underwater and not hanging on the side of the tank). Well it turns out that is the trick. Just heat up the fluid and it improves the chemical reaction immensely. Here is a spot by the front leaf spring hanger. I aimed the sprayer and let it go for about two minutes to check the aim while I got the camera ready and in that time it already converted most of the surface rust to clean metal.

[firstgenaddict]

I was so impressed by the stuff... I kept looking around the house for rusty metal objects just so I could throw them in it...

[njsteve]

I have the aquarium heater running full tilt. the temp is about 65 degrees now and you can actually see the rust dissolve away.

here is the same spring perch area after 2 hours:

[njsteve]

And here's the rocker panel area before:



and after about 45 minutes: