You reminded me of something from growing up with that post. When I was a kid I would hook my dads rusty chains behind my pedal bike and race up and down the driveway polishing his chains.
Rusty Chains
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take a 5 gallon bucket fill with vinegar soak chains in it for a day or 2. make sure to move the chain around a couple times thru the day. All rust will be gone, it wont attack the metal, just the rust. Then dump out vinegar, dump a box of baking soda in the bucket and fill with water to just above the level of the chains, and let sit for 20-30 min to neutralize the PH. chains with be dull grey when you take out. Then you have to coat them with something to prevent them from rusting again.
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Used to get it all over me also. As time goes on it will become second nature to hold them away from you therefore only your gloves will be a mess.
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Ok, I'll be the smart arse. Use them enough and they won't be rusty
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I've never been tagged for $3,000 (yikes, that is harsh) but NYSDOT got me for not having enough securement one time because they could not find the GR 70. Placed me OOS until I replaced it with another chain then he let me go. No money but lots of CSA ponits. When I got back to the yard I looked for the mark on all my chains and put a red zip tie on the marked link closest to each hook. Had to clean some of them up with a wire wheel to see the mark. The links closest to the hooks seem to stay visible longer, probably because they don't spend most of their time rubbing against each other and against the headache rack.
I have been checked by the man on a few times since and now I tell him look for the link with the red zip tie.Steel Eagle Thanks this. -
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Stop making love to your chains! I hold mine out away from my body because obviously you will get dirty if they touch you.
It builds up your arms holding them out further. The bigger your belly, the more of a work out you'll have!Steel Eagle, catalinaflyer and cabwrecker Thank this. -
i used this method for derusting a fuel tank on my friend's toyota once. it worked great although in that case i filled the tank with washing soda/water and then suspended the sacrificial anode inside http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/rust/electrolytic_derusting.htm
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