Indians For Guns

I thought some here may find this interesting. The recipe is simply white vinegar and salt. This person used 1 cup salt to 1 gallon vinegar but apparently you get the same result with as little as a tablespoon of salt per gallon. I wouldn't soak a gun in it but plenty of other things to clean.

The full thread is here:


http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/show ... p?t=203018

what do you know?

I wonder just how many years it is that I`ve known that acid will remove rust ?
See, Naga, being stuck out there in the back of beyond the world just passes you by.

very informative post. Thanks for sharing

This is very interesting.

Wow, wow,wow ! That might be a simple and effective solution to a difficult problem, and I never knew it. Thank you, Mark.



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Vikram

Vikram wrote:Wow, wow,wow ! That might be a simple and effective solution to a difficult problem, and I never knew it. Thank you, Mark.
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Vikram

> Actually its simple chemistry....
> Salt is Sodium Chloride
> Vinegar is Acetic Acid (which is edible & used in cooking for marinating meat / flavoring etc)
> When these 2 are mixed a chemical reation takes place....
> The hydrogen ions in Vinegar (Acetic Acid) & Chloride ion from Salt (Sodium Chloride) combine to form "Hydrochloric Acid'
> Now 'Rust' is Ferrous Oxide (When Iron is exposed to Oxygen ie. Air - Rusting takes place)
> So when Ferrous Oxide reacts with Hydrochlorice Acid it becomes Ferric Chloride which is water soluble.
> Hence any rusted item when treated with a mixture of salt & vinegar & later washed with water removes the rust!!!
Briha

brihacharan wrote:

Vikram wrote:Wow, wow,wow ! That might be a simple and effective solution to a difficult problem, and I never knew it. Thank you, Mark.
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Vikram

> Actually its simple chemistry....
> Salt is Sodium Chloride
> Vinegar is Acetic Acid (which is edible & used in cooking for marinating meat / flavoring etc)
> When these 2 are mixed a chemical reation takes place....
> The hydrogen ions in Vinegar (Acetic Acid) & Chloride ion from Salt (Sodium Chloride) combine to form "Hydrochloric Acid'
> Now 'Rust' is Ferrous Oxide (When Iron is exposed to Oxygen ie. Air - Rusting takes place)
> So when Ferrous Oxide reacts with Hydrochlorice Acid it becomes Ferric Chloride which is water soluble.
> Hence any rusted item when treated with a mixture of salt & vinegar & later washed with water removes the rust!!!
Briha

Dilute Hydrochloric Acid / Dilute Hydrofloric acid will give same result.

Thanks, Mark!

Goodbye, Rustoleum and WD40 and sandpaper............

I'm not sure if its safe for guns tough

Good find, Mark

It creates Hydrochloric acid (NaCl + CH3COOH)

That eats rust, Zinc etc

BowMan wrote:I'm not sure if its safe for guns tough

Definitely not! Remember the blue finish on guns is also a version of rust, so anything that chemically removes rust will also remove bluing.

Mark,
I don't have words to thank you. No post on IFG has timed itself as perfectly for me as this one

Please watch this space guys. Having banged my head and soiled a white Tee this morning, I feel RELIEVED.



TC