Rust Removal with Vegetable Oil

[Hm Wrench]

So I came across a strange way to remove rust, with vegetable oil.  Thanks to Rusty for suggesting this cleaning method to remove grease. I put some wrenches in and forgot about them for a week and here are the results.  It seems to be a good start and seems to work better on heavily rusted unplated l items.  What do you think of any long term effects of vegetable oil?  They do have a slight smell that seems to be removed with denatured alcohol.  The pliers were in about the same condition.

Thanks,
Kirk

[EVILDR235]

Vinegar, vegetable oil ? I put mine in a rock tumbler with crutons and bacon bits to remove rust. What is this the freaking salad forum ? Just yanking your rusty chain. Have a rice day.

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[rusty]

It works, as will almost any organic oil or grease, organic oils have free hydroxide molecoles that can bond with the oxygen in the red rust. unfortunatly, the black rush is in a higher state of oxidation, it's bonded bore tightly to the iron, and the oil won't touch that.

Veggie oil is a fairly well behaved substance, if not for the fact that it eventually becomes rancid, it would be usefull as lubrication also (long ago, it was in fact lubrication, that nasty black axle grease used on wagons was made  from vegitable oils, animal oils and soaps )....

Unlike vinegar, it won't dissolve any metal, and it will make your hands all silky smooth...

[Nolatoolguy]

It works, as will almost any organic oil or grease, organic oils have free hydroxide molecoles that can bond with the oxygen in the red rust. unfortunatly, the black rush is in a higher state of oxidation, it's bonded bore tightly to the iron, and the oil won't touch that.

Veggie oil is a fairly well behaved substance, if not for the fact that it eventually becomes rancid, it would be usefull as lubrication also (long ago, it was in fact lubrication, that nasty black axle grease used on wagons was made  from vegitable oils, animal oils and soaps )....

Unlike vinegar, it won't dissolve any metal, and it will make your hands all silky smooth...


Your making me feel like ime in science class here

[BoatGuy]

I like to brush them off ,rub them down with some ole CHICKEN FAT and then pop them in the oven at 350 for 15 minutes,,,,,works every time

[rusty]

I'm having Elroy flashbacks...

[Aunt Phil]

It works, as will almost any organic oil or grease, organic oils have free hydroxide molecoles that can bond with the oxygen in the red rust. unfortunatly, the black rush is in a higher state of oxidation, it's bonded bore tightly to the iron, and the oil won't touch that.

Veggie oil is a fairly well behaved substance, if not for the fact that it eventually becomes rancid, it would be usefull as lubrication also (long ago, it was in fact lubrication, that nasty black axle grease used on wagons was made  from vegitable oils, animal oils and soaps )....

Unlike vinegar, it won't dissolve any metal, and it will make your hands all silky smooth...

You could have saved a lot of keystrokes by merely saying veggie oil is a chelation agent.  Molasses is a hell of a lot better chelation agent.

Lubricant, guess what one of theprimary synthetics is in synthetic motor oil. 

Yo old enough to remember TQ Midget racing indoors?  Most of the Crosley engines were lubed with castor oil.  People too dumb to wear a mask crapped for 3 days afterward.   

[Papaw]

I remember all too well the smell of Castor oil at the racetrack, but loved it every time.