Old 02-16-20 | 07:37 PM
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Muriatic Acid... and it's potential to remove stuck bicycle parts


I subscribed to "Project Farm", as I find a lot of the experimentation done by the gentleman to be either directly connected to something that might be of use to myself, and enjoy his scientific methods he's devised. Anyway, I think I skipped this video initially, because... because I didn't think molasses would dissolve rust (actually, I'd never heard of it being used that way). Anyway, again, I happened to watch this video today, and found the muriatic acid to be of great interest to the potential job of freeing stuck bicycle parts. Why rust removal is interesting, and rust can be a problem on old bicycles, the corrosion between steel bicycle frames and aluminum bicycle parts is often stated as the likely cause for stuck parts. The oxidized aluminum "swells" and tightly sticks the part to the steel surrounding it. The muriatic acid in the video actually dissolves the rust, steel and aluminum.... I wonder if it would dissolve aluminum oxide? Anyone have experience with it?

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