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Lawson

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Hi Guys,

 

I thought I'd put this up to help those with nasty rusted movements.

 

The product is called Evapo-Rust, and it's a soak for rusted parts that removes rust without ANY scrubbing, and will not affect paint, plating and safe for all metals.

 

http://www.evapo-rust.com/

 

Removes even heavy rust completely
Non-toxic, non-corrosive, safe on skin
No fumes or bad odors, non-flammable, no VOC's
Biodegradable, water soluble
Requires no special equipment
***Will not harm unrusted steel, safe on other metals***
Will not affect plastic, PVC, Viton and most paints

 

I found this product through a vintage Radio/TV Restoration Channel on YouTube.

Here's his review on this product ... he was extremely impressed by it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_C2OimE2YM

 

I hope this is useful and makes those water damage repairs a little easier.

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Hi Lawson, have you tried it in watches yet. I'm curious about the result. I got a watch with very rusted parts I opted to replace the movement completely (just yesterday!) The "customer" was very happy but she didn't know how much trouble I went through (that fiberglass from the rust brushes can give you an itch and then, the involved tweezers work on the fingers!). I wish I had known about this product.

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Hi Bob,

 

No I haven't yet, not on watch parts; but metal and brass is metal and brass.  Before you are consider replacing the movement, I'd test first with some of the cheaper parts that you'd intended to throw in the bin anyway.

It's like US$22 for a gallon so it's not going to be an expensive test.

I have seen this used on some very old and rare and delicate radio parts which are impossible to replace, and they came out completely rust free, didn't remove the 60yr/old printing on the metal, and didn't remove the cadmium plating ... I was VERY impressed.

 

ps... I hear you about the fibreglass pens, I've used those before and had glass in my fingers for days!!

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I have been doing a little research on this product and it seems to be excellent.

I did find this warning from another forum:-

"I found that on some paints that the Oxalic Acid can change the shade of colour, thought the paint remains unharmed. The paint involved was as below a light khaki spray paint.

That even though it is said that Evaporust with not harm paint, this is not completely true for some paints. I had it soften the paint and make it go all wrinkly. It also removed gun blueing and shellac. The paint involved was a light khaki spray painting on a tin."

My fear is that the shellac removing quality may cause big problems if you're not careful!

I'm still going to buy some as I have lots of projects where paint and shellac are not present.

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Yes, they disclose on their Australian site that paints created with oxides may be affected.

"Will not effect plastic, PVC, Viton and non-oxide based paints"

Here's the link:

http://www.evapo-rust.com.au/

 

They also explain how it works on the Australian site too:

http://www.evapo-rust.com.au/How%20It%20Works.html

 

I definitely wouldn't soak a dial plate in it without being absolutely sure it's paint is enamel based; and even then it would be a risk.  I posted this information for rust removal for movement parts only.

If the pallet is rusted, wouldn't you remove the stones before attempting to removing rust?  So perhaps the shellac removal is a bit of a bonus to get the forks nice and clean too before re-fitting the stones.

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