The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Paint and Body Shop Molasses to remove rust

It works.... I've tried everything under the sun to speed up the rust removal process.

The biggest thing is it has to be clean. Like no oil/grease at all.

By the time you clean it up enough you could have blasted it.

Use it if you like... but prepared to be dissapointed with the results. Most likely you will NOT take a shiny part ready to paint.

You have to clean the scum off it, then try and get it not to flash rust (hot water works good for this). Then you have to put some sort of metal prep on it or paint it ASAP.

For a dirty part electrylotic removal is a better... grease still conducts and will get eaten somewhat by the lye mixture.

I really wish people would stop recommending molasses... yes its cheap, yes it works in some situations, but a sandblaster is going to be much more useful and produce much better results quicker.