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Its well documented that a molasses concoction will produce a good rust converter, (its a chelating agent) thought I would give it a try, here are the results;
I was a bit lazy in getting hold of some molasses, so popped down to Morrisons and bought a 454g tin of “Lyles black treacle†! for 47p (should have gone to a farm shop and bought animal feed stuff in larger quantity)
I diluted the tin of treacle in a bowl of warm water 8 times the volume of the treacle, the warm water lets the treacle flow. The first candidates were 10 Morris 8 brake slave cylinders which I left in for about a week and was amazed at the results, unfortunately I didn’t take any pic’s.
2nd job was a Morris timing chain sprocket, which is NOS but been badly stored, and a old Morris master cylinder cap, the master cylinder on the Morris is mounted underneath the car so very exposed , here are the before pics;
And after about a week;
I don’t know what the best method is for speeding up the process, the rust seems to turn to a very flaky black substance, which I would brush off every couple of days and then put the things back in to the solution.
I’m pleased with the results, very cheap and environmentally friendly into the bargain , Susepect the reason that its not sold commercially as that it does take a few days or even a couple of weeks on heavy rust, and in this day and age we want instant results, I now have a tub of it in the garage and chuck stuff in as it comes off the car.Very Happy
TRR676R Speke Built 2.0L Tahiti Blue TR7
1969 Mk2 Vitesse Convertible
1997 Rover 800 Vitesse Coupe
