Dealing with rust on metal surfaces

Joel_BC

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Rust can be a problem on almost any bare surface of ferrous metal (iron, steel). There are a number of methods that can be used to remove rust, depending on factors like how much rust there is, the shape of the metal surface that's rusted, the thickness of the metal involved, and so on.

This offers good general advice about dealing with rust in various situations:
http://www.familyhandyman.com/tools/how-to-remove-rust/view-all

This is good info about using high heat to remove rust on thick-metal:
http://www.thingsthatgo.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=147

This provides interesting info on using a "rust converter" liquid:
http://classiccars.about.com/od/restorationbasics/ss/GotRust_4.htm
 

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I've read somewhere that Coca-Cola can also remove rust. Just never tried it our for myself.
 
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