Coke & Rust!

jooshy63

Quick tip i've read somewhere and tried it myself.

Got some rust somewhere on ya bike, apply coke to the rusted area, the phosporic acid in the coke eats away the rust!

CitizenLee

Vinegar is good too, especially for loosening rusted bolts. A bit smelly though.

I wonder if Irn Bru works :roll:

clarkson

thats a very handy tip. thanks!!

finlayson99

Don't waste the mighty Bru mate :twisted:

CitizenLee

finlayson99 wrote:

Don't waste the mighty Bru mate :twisted:

Haha, good point. It's the drink of Gods!

finlayson99

That and the sadly missed Cremola Foam, aaaaaaahhhhhhh

CitizenLee

finlayson99 wrote:

That and the sadly missed Cremola Foam, aaaaaaahhhhhhh

There's a petition to bring it back but apparently the secret recepie has gone missing

Sorry to take this thred further off topic!

finlayson99

If you check out www.retrosweets.co.uk they are (I believe) in some negotiations at present as a tin was found in a grocers in Orkney and the formula is being worked out
I believe the term is "watch this space"

lukesaddy

a similar thing to cake and rust, if you have alloy wheels on your car, wash them with a cloth that has been soaked in lemonade, any chep tesco value will do, and it brings out the original shine in the wheel, this might work on bike hubs and spokes aswell, i have never tried

steelo

Going back to the Coke - rust thing...

If the screws that hold my brake calipers have rusty hex sockets, will dropping a small amount of coke into the screw head clear the rest thats in them?

I guess after washing the bike the water sits in the screw heads and corrodes them.