Thread: Evaporust - How I love the!

Looks like your very happy with the product.

Any negatives like being extra highly toxic etc??


My other thought was if you drop your "rusty old bits" not your other bits in the container does it not contaminate the solution and make it go off? Do the instructions say tis is ok?

Like you I'm eternally broke and always trying to fix up old things, sometimes the fixing and cleaning gets very expensive and the cheap do-er-up is more than an off the shelf option and you get caught out. Do you think the Evaporust is an economical product??

DSEL74

It looks as though it can absorb a certain amount. From their website:

"Evapo-Rust™ has a chemical carrying capacity of 300grams of pure, dry rust per 5 litres."

Evanism

Where did you buy the product and what's the cost? It looks like it did a good job on the vice.

Regards
Paul

Bought directly from the site above.... $74.95 inc postage, but that was June last year.

I've used it extensively now. Thinking back, on at least 12 separate occasions. The worst I did were a bunch of totally knackered chisels and two ancient planes. The planes were a disaster. Epic trouble.....

All came up pristine. The bloke I did them for inherited them when his dad passed on. He isn't a woodworker, but those two planes were the only physical thing left he had of his pop. They came up pristine. I did a premium flattening and fettling job for him, sharpened to 13k and repainted the tops in gloss. I swear the guy nearly burst into tears.

It is apparently non poisonous. Now, as for longevity, I think I've cheated the system. You will note on their site that the chelation process releases the iron oxide from the chelator bond and dumps it. It leaves this as a very fine particulate in the bottom. Rust! I noticed the efficiency dropping and read the "holds 300 grams in suspension" with a cynical eye.....being broke I thought about how to remove said "suspended rust".... So I plonk in a rare earth magnet and after a bit fish it out.

My thought were this whole chelation processes is a cycle, so it's a matter of removing one part of the cycle....

It's covered in fuzz. Rust fuzz! Dry rust fuzz! I've used it now to death and the efficiency has not dropped a scerrick since new (it magically restored it?) maybe not, perhaps not scientific, but mine is still going very strong and it works good and fast. I'm convinced....manufacturers may say otherwise!

I was going to ask if you purchased it locally, as I've been keeping an eye out for it. Oh well, maybe one day I'll get around to ordering some!

We have signed a contract with Supercheap Autos to stock Evapo-Rust Australia wide, but unfortunately the wheels don’t turn that quickly in regard to making product available by estimated stocking dates.
Long story short, until this happens, Victoria is supplied overnight via Sydney for 1 and 5 litre quantities and 2-3 days for 20litres plus.

Looks like currently you can only by it online from Syd.

My price is 8 months old....it's just what I paid for it, not what it may be now.

I thought to do a final full soak of everything since the last post. Put another 5l of water in the big bucket and tossed the whole lot in again. Came out just now (10pm) and looks absolutely f@$n fantastic.

I'll put the bucket outside with a small hole drilled in the lid. Leaving it in the sun concentrates it back down to 5l or so after 2 days. The bucket is thick black plastic. I've done this as part of the soak process, the hotter it gets the better and faster it works. The buckets are some sort of poly (like the DIY watering garden hoses) and were bought from Bunnings for ~$15.... They are very tough poly.

I use 5 of them for dust collection with the Dust Deputy as the lids fit air tight like a paint tin. Probably the best thing I've ever bought from that cursed pestilential shithole.

Originally Posted by Evanism

My price is 8 months old....it's just what I paid for it, not what it may be now.

I thought to do a final full soak of everything since the last post. Put another 5l of water in the big bucket and tossed the whole lot in again. Came out just now (10pm) and looks absolutely f@$n fantastic.

I'll put the bucket outside with a small hole drilled in the lid. Leaving it in the sun concentrates it back down to 5l or so after 2 days. The bucket is thick black plastic. I've done this as part of the soak process, the hotter it gets the better and faster it works. The buckets are some sort of poly (like the DIY watering garden hoses) and were bought from Bunnings for ~$15.... They are very tough poly.

I use 5 of them for dust collection with the Dust Deputy as the lids fit air tight like a paint tin. Probably the best thing I've ever bought from that cursed pestilential shithole.

Thanks for posting the added hints on this stuff, as they say gonna get me some.


Cheers,

Frank.

Is this available from retail stores, or only Evapo-Rust?

I'm not a shill, just a woodwork guy who loves restoring, but I recon the guy who holds this franchise has his thumb firmly up his .

He is sitting on an absolute bonanza. This is one of the most kick products out there and every single bloke with a garage SHOULD have a bottle of it.

It drives me to tears when I see a fantastic product managed by someone who simply doesn't have the capacity to market and sell properly. Maybe I should contact someone up the chain and rip the franchise off him.

Probably the best thing I've ever bought from that cursed pestilential shithole.

Hahaha. I wonder if you'll see that splashed across their website as part of their latest promotions.

Good to hear of a product that delivers too.

Stewie