Originally Posted by
arty dave
Has anyone had paint react to evaporust? I wrapped some evaporust soaked cloth around some tubes and it left a kinda textured white haze on the paint after washing/neutralising. Does anyone have advice on what to do now? It's a 50's bike and the paint is already quite beaten up, I just want to save the rest of it.
I was a bit worried, as I read anecdotal evidence that OA could react to red paints and my Trek is dark red. I had no reactions seen between paint and Evaporust, soaked for 12-24 hours per tube/side, so some corner spots got 36+ hours of soak. The Trek is painted with Imron circa 1982 if that helps.