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Ok, so i admit it i hold a grudge!

When Theodore wrecked a MGB by failing to fit a crap diesel to it, he went off my Christmas card list. However its been a few years so i decided to give him another chance!!!

In this months mag he did a great article on removing rust.

So I have a bucket load of rusty tools. a £1.99 tub of Molasses from Holland and Barrett as local animal feed places didnt have any and nor did Tescos etc...

Results are shocking. I am astounded!

Before...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kpbwwpe446r55 ... .54.52.jpg

Then a week in 9(parts water) - 1 molasses. Sealed bucket, left in the sun.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y5pa82el0t6li ... .04.14.jpg

After.....

Ignore the colouration that's my bad camera! 100% of the rust and corrosion is 100% gone!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ximm803v8qan0 ... .28.00.jpg

All is forgiven.

s-type wrote: Results are shocking. I am astounded!

I must admit some scepticism when I saw the article - I thought it seemed too good to be true but your confirmation that it works has made me think again and will bear that in mind if I ever get started on the heap of rust that's sitting on my drive - however you need a big bucket to put the car in but the wife keeps suggesting it belongs in a skip so perhaps I'll try that

Perhaps this is the sort of stuff I should be looking for - 20 litres for £39
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lincoln-Molas ... 232d507a3b

Might try it on the minor door post ,currently it is cut off the car but does not seem to have many holes.

After finding an article on the web about a year ago I looked into this a bit more. There are many videos on YouTube about this subject. It would appear that it's a very well known 'secret'. There are also videos whereby they only use vinegar. Therefore, I bought a storage box with a lid from a supermarket for about £5, a large tin of supermarket brand treacle and a container of cheap vinegar. Mixed up the solution also about 1:9 and put some old bolts, fan blade, carburettors, fuel pump (mechanical) etc into the mix and put the lid on and put it at the back of the workshop for a few weeks. I agitated every couple of days. I noticed someone had even used an orbital sander in their video to agitate. I tried this but all that happened was the rubber base of the sander got destroyed.

I was very surprised and pleased with the results The box has been cleaned out and put away ready for the next time I need it.

Because this is a food related product just watch that you don't have the product too long before disposing of it as some nasty looking mould developed on the surface of mine after a couple of months.

As Dobbin says, it's not new or terribly secret - I saw this post on the David Brown Tractor Club site a few years ago:

http://www.dbtc.co.uk/index.php?name=PN ... t=molasses

As you can imagine (and see in the thread), tractors can get rusty too!