Cleaning Stainless Steel - Rust

[sbu22]

Here is the advice I got from Fred (FF) 6-7 years ago. Works like a champ, bought 2# of oxalic acid at Amazon for $10 (still working through it). Way less expense than the brand name stuff.

You simply put some oxalic powder in a small SS bowl and add some water and
a good squirt of JOY.

When its a paste you brush it on the rusty SS.

All the Joy does is keep it in place and keep it from drying out too fast.

A scotch brite pad will help scrubbing the rust off.

When it "looks" clean , leave the paste on for an hour or so to help it pull iron
from the SS surface..

Good Scrubbing!

 

[catalinajack]

Here is the advice I got from Fred (FF) 6-7 years ago. Works like a champ, bought 2# of oxalic acid at Amazon for $10 (still working through it). Way less expense than the brand name stuff.

You simply put some oxalic powder in a small SS bowl and add some water and
a good squirt of JOY.

When its a paste you brush it on the rusty SS.

All the Joy does is keep it in place and keep it from drying out too fast.

A scotch brite pad will help scrubbing the rust off.

When it "looks" clean , leave the paste on for an hour or so to help it pull iron
from the SS surface..

Good Scrubbing!

Yup, works a charm. Oxalic acid is the active ingredient in many, if not most, commercial ($$$) products.