De-rusting with molasses

Before I go and buy a tub and molasses and everything else, I want to be****ured this really works and isn't just some folks rooster-pootin' us dumb old folks.

 

Were we not suppose to get updated on the results of this from a thread a while back?

 

Works great for me. I'm one of the ones who had a thread about it. You should see some of the nice wheels I've been selling on Ebay that used to be rusty. Nice and smooth now and it's cheap. Only downside is it smells bad when it gets on you. For my best results I use one part molasses to 10 parts water and soak for 2 weeks.

 

PF is the expert!!! but everything at his house feels a little sticky!

 

I think it is BS!! My Uncle told me to use that***** and I spread it on a bunch of*****, it made a mess and pissed me off. It did make me clean all my***** up though. I'd rather sand and buff.

 

I am a vinegar man myself, but if I was in a hurry I would use electrolysis. Vinegar works though for sure!

 

This sounds like one for the Mythbusters!

 

Talked with nostalgia59 this weekend and he says it works great. Let steel sit in the mix for 4 weeks and it takes the rust off. Only leave cast iron in 2 weeks.