Sorry, no pics. I scrubbed like crazy with a sos pad on one wheel to make it shine again. Now, how do I prevent the rust from coming back again?
preventing rust from comming back on crome wheels
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More scrubbing.....more often.
I use Rimwax. This is as far as I know the only way (exept re-chroming) to keep the rust away. I aply it once every three or four months.
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found these two links using a battery charger and electrolysis
Rust removal by Electrolysis - Removing rust from a Briggs and Stratton engine shroud - YouTube
Removing Rust from Automobile Header(Electrolysis) - YouTube
Rust removal by Electrolysis - Removing rust from a Briggs and Stratton engine shroud - YouTube
Removing Rust from Automobile Header(Electrolysis) - YouTube
Sand em, prime em, and spray em black
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I use aluminum foil rolled into a ball and dipped in water to take rust off chrome. Works great. I then spray a rag with fluid film and wipe the rim down.
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Here is my wheel filled with water and vinagar
Some one said to use 50/50 white vinagar and water to strip rust off of a steel wheel. I was going to buy a tupaware container, but had no place to store it afterwords. So I used the wheel as the container. I double wrapped garbage bags around it and duct taped the edges then filled with water and vinagar. Was told it will take 24 hours for the rust to completly come off the wheel. I faced the wheel down, because it would require less vinagar and water "center of wheel is more forward of centerline of wheel" So. Hope this works. Also, this past saturday, I just had to do something with my ironman leaf springs I purchaded about 6 years ago. They were corroding pretty good. Two to three hours of sanding scrubbing with a wire brush cleaning 90% of what was on them. I then cleaned with paint cleaner then undercoated the spring. Have three more to do.
I went to four stores to find naval gelly. No one carries it. I guess it is only in the States but honestly, have not used it for at least 20 years. Is naval jelly available in vancouver region? I would rather have applied it without taking the wheel off.
Picture of wheel with vinagar and water to strip rust off.
Rusty leaf springs. Cheap camera little fuzzy pic.
Cleaned up leaf spring with undercoating on it.
Not sure why the pics are not comming up in this thread. But you can click on them and they will show up in a seperate brouser window.
Some one said to use 50/50 white vinagar and water to strip rust off of a steel wheel. I was going to buy a tupaware container, but had no place to store it afterwords. So I used the wheel as the container. I double wrapped garbage bags around it and duct taped the edges then filled with water and vinagar. Was told it will take 24 hours for the rust to completly come off the wheel. I faced the wheel down, because it would require less vinagar and water "center of wheel is more forward of centerline of wheel" So. Hope this works. Also, this past saturday, I just had to do something with my ironman leaf springs I purchaded about 6 years ago. They were corroding pretty good. Two to three hours of sanding scrubbing with a wire brush cleaning 90% of what was on them. I then cleaned with paint cleaner then undercoated the spring. Have three more to do.
I went to four stores to find naval gelly. No one carries it. I guess it is only in the States but honestly, have not used it for at least 20 years. Is naval jelly available in vancouver region? I would rather have applied it without taking the wheel off.
Picture of wheel with vinagar and water to strip rust off.
Rusty leaf springs. Cheap camera little fuzzy pic.
Cleaned up leaf spring with undercoating on it.
Not sure why the pics are not comming up in this thread. But you can click on them and they will show up in a seperate brouser window.
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After a few hours, white vinagar did squat to remove the rust. I did see a youtube vid of aple cider vinagar work on non chrome steel but not sure how it would react with chromed steel. Fustrating! So cleaned as much as I can with sos pads.
Electrolysis won't lift the chrome. I've done it to mine which were really in bad shape, especially the spare wheel under the truck. It'll make bad look decent, but probably not worth the effort if they already look good ad you're trying to make them really shine.
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I saw in a thread that electrolosis will strip Chrome from steel
So you say you have used a 12 volt battery charger and with arm and hammer soda wash, put your chrome steel wheels in a tub and the rust lifted right off? I know it works on no coated steel parts, but did not find any that were chrome coated steel on youtube.
I am trying a sample of generic Coca Cola on the rim where the rust is. From my understanding, the phosphoric acid will eat away at the rust. Lets see what happens in the morning.
So you say you have used a 12 volt battery charger and with arm and hammer soda wash, put your chrome steel wheels in a tub and the rust lifted right off? I know it works on no coated steel parts, but did not find any that were chrome coated steel on youtube.
I am trying a sample of generic Coca Cola on the rim where the rust is. From my understanding, the phosphoric acid will eat away at the rust. Lets see what happens in the morning.
TS888
Almost the person my dog thinks I am...
Nobody likes the aluminum foil/water eh?
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Just use cheap steel wool and then coat with fluid film or a nice car wax.
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I tried the Coco Cola method last night
Did not do a thing to a small section of the rim. Rust still there.
BTW, your rim is WAY worse then mine. IS chrome not pure? does it have impurities that causes differential ionic corrosion to occure?
I will try the electrolysis method to get the last of the corrosion off.
BTW, I wonder if dipping a bare 60 "minus the carpet and seats" in a custom wood frame tub will take off all the rust " that would be something to see
Did not do a thing to a small section of the rim. Rust still there.
BTW, your rim is WAY worse then mine. IS chrome not pure? does it have impurities that causes differential ionic corrosion to occure?
I will try the electrolysis method to get the last of the corrosion off.
BTW, I wonder if dipping a bare 60 "minus the carpet and seats" in a custom wood frame tub will take off all the rust " that would be something to see
Did not do a thing to a small section of the rim. Rust still there.
BTW, your rim is WAY worse then mine. IS chrome not pure? does it have impurities that causes differential ionic corrosion to occure?
I will try the electrolysis method to get the last of the corrosion off.
BTW, I wonder if dipping a bare 60 "minus the carpet and seats" in a custom wood frame tub will take off all the rust " that would be something to see
I didn't think yours would be any thing like as rusty as mine. It's not that the chrome is impure, it's the steel underneath that's rusting as a result of being compromised by the salt water bath it lives in during the winter up here in New England. That's why the rust appears mainly at the seams. I just wanted to show an example of an extreme case. In theory it could work with a body tub, but in practice you'd be way better off going to the southwest and buying a clean one. Too many enclosed areas and seams to make it work well. I've been doing this for years, and for manageable size peices it really works miracles.
Bill
btw - make sure you get your positive and negative hooked up right or you're going to be very unhappy with the results!
