How to cost efficiently clean rust from steel plate

Jan 24, 2013 81 Replies

Citric acid may be easier to find, and safer to handle:

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These are weak acids that act by forming stable soluble complexes with the iron ions from the rust, in preference to dissolving fresh metal.

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