72 TA : New Project

**njsteve** · #1 12-16-2006, 12:48 AM

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 · #2 12-16-2006, 05:54 AM

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** · #3 12-16-2006, 06:07 AM

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** · #4 12-16-2006, 06:09 AM

And here's the rocker panel area before:

and after about 45 minutes:

**njsteve** · #5 12-17-2006, 04:27 AM

Passenger side before and after:

**njsteve** · #6 12-17-2006, 04:30 AM

And here is the rear bulkhead area above the rear differential. It had a lot of darkened, rusty areas that cleaned up rather nicely in about an hour. It was a mess to do this area, though. I had to place a kiddy pool under the bucket to catch all the dripping fluid so it wouldn't go to waste (at $25 a gallon it's pretty valuable).

**Dave Rifkin** · #7 12-17-2006, 06:22 AM

How are you going to treat those areas now? Do you try to reproduce the red oxide primer with overspray?

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