{"id":1835,"date":"2025-10-07T23:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2026-04-13T23:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T03:56:16","slug":"chemical-rust-removal-homemade-evaporust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bracketracer.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/chemical-rust-removal-homemade-evaporust\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical Rust Removal – Homemade Evaporust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had a lot of items from the truck that are very rusty. I had used a 4:1 mix of water and molasses in the past, so I tried that. After a week, there was still a lot of rust on the parts. This approach works, but takes time, and I didn’t want to wait that long.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I don’t have any ‘before’ pictures for the molasses soak, but the pieces went in rusty, and they came out a little less rusty, as shown here:<\/p>\n\n\n

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I did some searching on the internet, and discovered a video<\/a> about making your own Evaporust mixture. From what\u00a0

I’ve read, Evaporust works really really well, but is relatively expensive. This video claimed a homemade recipe that was 1\/10th the cost, and worked even better than the name brand. There’s even a bunch of side-by-side comparisons to prove it.<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recipe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • 1 liter of water<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 100 grams citric acid<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 40 grams sodium carbonate (washing soda)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • A generous squeeze of dish soap (2 tablespoons?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    This stuff worked amazingly well, and was very easy to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Be very careful mixing the two chemicals into the water. Which ever one you add second, the mixture will froth up a LOT. I had to add it very slowly, stirring and waiting for the bubbling to die down before continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Here it is with the parts just added:<\/p>\n\n\n

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    And another image after a couple of hours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    And finally…after about 24 hours:
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    Here are the parts after a quick rinse with the hose. No scrubbing was done at all, this is just with a rinse:<\/p>\n\n\n

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    The tailgate handle was the best cleanup. Before:
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    After:<\/p>\n\n\n

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