20-06-2005, 18:32
|
#1
|
|
Eva Longoria Fan
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Essex
Age: 24
Services: BT,
Sky multiroom (Sky+ & HD),
BT Infinity Option 2
Posts: 8,030
|
Rust
Ok, so i havent used my bike for a long time, tires went flat so i pumped them up. Chain went rusty and refused to rotate so i sprayed WD 40 on it. Question is can i remove rust from my bike?
__________________
MacBook Pro 15"|Mac OS X 10.7 Lion|250GB HDD|2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo|8GB DDR3 @1067MHz|Nvidia 9400M 256MB (Intergrated)|2 Year AppleCare Warranty
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:33
|
#2
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Selly Oak, Birmingham
Age: 27
Services: BT Broadband Option 3, BT Landline, Freeview
Posts: 3,214
|
Re: Rust
buy "rust remover" or "red oxide remover" from your local DIY store...
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:34
|
#3
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Manchester
Posts: 1,528
|
Re: Rust
Wire wool?
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:34
|
#4
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Selly Oak, Birmingham
Age: 27
Services: BT Broadband Option 3, BT Landline, Freeview
Posts: 3,214
|
Re: Rust
or coat the rust in a metal which is higher in the periodic table than iron, therefore causing a displacement reaction and removing the rust... only you will end up with some other kind of oxide deposit, which might be less than helpful 
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:37
|
#5
|
|
Eva Longoria Fan
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Essex
Age: 24
Services: BT,
Sky multiroom (Sky+ & HD),
BT Infinity Option 2
Posts: 8,030
|
Re: Rust
Cool thanks Dave for that ill have a look around, maybe Wickes or B&Q will sell it?
__________________
MacBook Pro 15"|Mac OS X 10.7 Lion|250GB HDD|2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo|8GB DDR3 @1067MHz|Nvidia 9400M 256MB (Intergrated)|2 Year AppleCare Warranty
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:37
|
#6
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Selly Oak, Birmingham
Age: 27
Services: BT Broadband Option 3, BT Landline, Freeview
Posts: 3,214
|
Re: Rust
unsure. homebase definitely did. it was a hammerite product, so anywhere should sell it, probably even halfords...
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:38
|
#7
|
|
Google it!!
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Essex innit
Age: 38
Services: Sky HD + 16Mb ADSL
BT Telephone
Posts: 15,735
|
Re: Rust
Use proper bike oil once you get the rust off, WD40 is not a replacement for proper oil on things like chains. You might be better off looking in Halfords for a rust remover.
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:39
|
#8
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Selly Oak, Birmingham
Age: 27
Services: BT Broadband Option 3, BT Landline, Freeview
Posts: 3,214
|
Re: Rust
i still think that getting a more-reactive-than-iron metal and some acid would be much more fun... 
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:40
|
#9
|
|
Permanently Banned
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: norton , teesside
Age: 43
Posts: 10,571
|
Re: Rust
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:41
|
#10
|
|
Eva Longoria Fan
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Essex
Age: 24
Services: BT,
Sky multiroom (Sky+ & HD),
BT Infinity Option 2
Posts: 8,030
|
Re: Rust
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Dave Stones
i still think that getting a more-reactive-than-iron metal and some acid would be much more fun... |
I might end up with no chain afterwoods?
__________________
MacBook Pro 15"|Mac OS X 10.7 Lion|250GB HDD|2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo|8GB DDR3 @1067MHz|Nvidia 9400M 256MB (Intergrated)|2 Year AppleCare Warranty
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:41
|
#11
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Selly Oak, Birmingham
Age: 27
Services: BT Broadband Option 3, BT Landline, Freeview
Posts: 3,214
|
Re: Rust
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by paulyoung666
|
hammerite-ing your chain?
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 18:50
|
#12
|
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: London
Posts: 2,955
|
Re: Rust
1) The best, but the hardest. Emery paper and lots of elbow grease.
2) A commercial acid based treatment theat will dissolve the rust.
3) A commercial rust conversion treament. I'm a bit rusty on the subject, but IIRC, these were either phosphoric acid based that would produce a coating similar to phosphating, or a tannic acid based product that would convert the rust to an stable iron tannate. In either case it is important to mechanically remove any loose rust first (yet again, a bristle brush and lots of elbow grease).
__________________
All Italy at last called Theodoric its lord.
Jordanes
Getica
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 21:17
|
#13
|
|
I've been here before?
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: I am house...
Services: $KY+HD - BT Option 3 Broadband
Posts: 2,270
|
Re: Rust
Depending on how much corrosion you might want to take it very steady on a 1st run out...by the time you have bought all the products and spent time cleaning it up/painting it again you could probably fund a new one.
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 21:39
|
#14
|
|
Guest
|
Re: Rust
if the chain is that rusty, the brake cables will be, too - check before your first ride 
I presume it is a 'derailleur' gear & chain set - annoying because an hub gear can use a removeable/replaceable chain.
/remembers heating flat round tins of 'stuff' to revive a chain in, on the stove
|
|
|
|
|
20-06-2005, 21:44
|
#15
|
|
Inactive
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Nottingham
Posts: 1,405
|
Re: Rust
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Wayne A
Question is can i remove rust from my bike?
|
probably, as others have said... but a new chain will probably only cost about a fiver!
squirt a load of wd40 down the brake outers too, your cables probably will stick a bit after beng unused for a while.
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 15:14.
|
Join CF
You are here: 
