11-11-2011, 02:01 PM
I know this old guy in Canada who came up with a rust remover in a very interesting way... He had a friend who was a farmer, who one day, outin the field, came across an old ax blade rusting away. It was all covered in mud and when he brought it back to the barn he tossed it into the slop bucket. (the bucket of kitchen waste they fed to the pigs) - But they forgot about the slop in the bucket and about the axe blade. The bucket filled with water and covered the blade. A week later (not sure of time - but a while) he dumps out the bucket and here comes the axe blade. It's shiny new. Turns out there were potato peels in the bucket. They sat in the water and rotted. My husband and I have tried this ourselves with some old rusted collectibles. You cut up a potato, put it and your item(s) in a bucket of water and let it sit there and decompose. It STINKS real bad real fast! After a few days, dump it out, rinse it off and the rust is gone. BUT .. here's the warning: if you leave it too long, it will eat away the metal. The friend of ours, hearing about the thing, tested the potato method and came up with some anti-rust formula that made him a bunch of $. I have NO idea what the product is, but I think it's cool it was based on rotting potatoes. Google "removing rust potatoes" and you'll see a slew of links. A few of them says to simply rub the rust off with a potato and baking soda. Might be worth a try! Here's a site w/a bunch of ideas, including Diet Coke: http://www.essortment.com/yourself-remov...11819.html I also see sites that say vinegar and sites that say hydrogen peroxide.