Rust Removal - Evapo-rust - Truely Impressed

[yolo]

All the trailer talk the last few weeks motivated me to do some of the cosmetic to dos on my list. One of those was my Rusty winch. The one I have is about $120. Didn't feel like paying that and was dreading the time I would have to spend with the wire wheel to clean it up. So I searched online and found Evapo-rust. I haven't been this impressed with something in a while.

All you do is take your rusty parts. Put them in the solution. Wait 24 hours. Take them out and wash them off. And the stuff is completely non-toxic. You can put your hand in it . Below are the before and after pictures of my winch. But about every other Rusty part on the trailer went in. The pictures below are 24 hour soak followed by a rinse off in the parts cleaner. I painted everything within an enamel following and it came out great.

[985crabs]

Wow Yolo, my winch looks just like you're 'before' pictures. I am impressed. I guess I might have to follow your lead on this one. Thanks for info.

Ha, I almost wrote 'wench' instead of 'winch'. She's probably rusty too.

[AHHHH-Spray]

That's incredible.

[gtinga]

This is good stuff, I've been using it for years. You can reuse it a number of times, I filter it thru a coffee filter back into the jug. Cheapest place to get it used to be Harbor (Horror) Freight. Don't know if this is still the case as I've not had to buy any in the last few years, still using the same gallon.

[yolo]

Nov 17, 2017 20:57:35 GMT -6 gtinga said:

This is good stuff, I've been using it for years. You can reuse it a number of times, I filter it thru a coffee filter back into the jug. Cheapest place to get it used to be Harbor (Horror) Freight. Don't know if this is still the case as I've not had to buy any in the last few years, still using the same gallon.

Coffee filter!!!! Thank you! I was racking my brain for hours what to use. I was using a shop rag but took a while.

If you have a pep boys near you go online and buy it to the store they give you a discount I got a gallon for 13.99.

[yolo]

Nov 17, 2017 9:24:41 GMT -6 985crabs said:

Wow Yolo, my winch looks just like you're 'before' pictures. I am impressed. I guess I might have to follow your lead on this one. Thanks for info.

Ha, I almost wrote 'wench' instead of 'winch'. She's probably rusty too.

Lolol I won't tell her.

I should have mentioned that the only reason I took it apart was because I only bought one gallon and couldnt submerge the whole thing. I should have just went back to the store and got another gallon. My winch is pretty big but depending on what size you have you might be able to get the whole thing in one gal or just get two Gallons and put the whole thing In asse,bled it will do the same job and your life will save two hours lol

[freezerfiller]

I just replaced my old rusty safety chain with a new galvanized one. Now my winch looks rusty... I'll put it on my off season work list!