Nothing brings back fond memories of 1980âs childhood quite like that morning American staple known as âbreakfast cereal.â Iâm not sure at what point we co-opted the term âcerealâ to basically convey a mostly sugar-laced, artificially colored bowl of glutonium, but the word has found its way into the American lexiconâ¦so be it.
Acid, specifically citric acid or acetic acid, is a great way to remove rust, particularly if it has formed on parts which can be easily removed and soaked. If, say, you want to remove rust from screws, remove the screws and soak them in vinegar.Take a half-litre plastic bottle, and put the screws inside.inse the lemon juice off with water, then wash the clothing as as normal. If the fabric is thick, and the rust stain particularly bad, add some salt to the lemon juice. To remove rust stains from a wall, drive or patio, use a stiff wire brush and a hose. Wet the stain with the hose and then brush the stain firmly.
Whenever you get iron, water and oxygen together, you get rust. So the best way to prevent it is to keep them apart; that's what paint does, or the spray-on wax and oil coatings that the car protection companies sell. Keep your tools dry; wipe down your bike after a ride; keep the water away and it can't rust. often drive it on an elevated highway, where rusting reinforcing bars cause concrete to spall off and drop on the road below; it is a lucky thing that nobody has been killed. Rust can be a minor annoyance if it stains your clothing or your tools, or it can be a major disaster in buildings and infrastructure.