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Old 09-12-14 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by KeatonR
The EvapoRust solution. I am strongly considering going this route, but any suggestions about how to plug the bottom bracket and tubing openings to hold the solution in?
...What I did was covered earlier in that thread, I think. (maybe not)

Briefly, the BB is the biggest issue, and I just cut some rubber strips from wide (26 ")
discarded inner tubes, used rubber bands to hole them on some sort of paneling or plywood
scraps, and used a screw clamp to hold them in place and tighten down the gaskets so that
they did not leak. The other holes are pretty small and can be plugged with just about anything.

If you have bottle braze on holes, just insert the screws and tighten them down after greasing the threads.

The brazing pressure relief holes in the stays can be plugged with toothpicks or anything small that fits the holes.


It would be swell if that rust converter stuff could be sprayed evenly everywhere inside the frame,
but that has not been my practical experience here. If you do this Evaporust business (and it is a PIA),
take advantage of the last of the warm weather to do it outside, or you'll have to do it indoors.

The stuff takes forever to work unless it's warm.
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