[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 264, Issue 4

[Dennis Monticelli]

Evaporust works.  It's slow.  Not too aggressive.  It's reusable.
You have to immerse the surface to be treated for many hours.

Dennis AE6C

On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM <milsurplus-request at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

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> I want to remove some rust from the bottom of a radio battery box, but not
> remove, or at least damage as little as possible of the
> 95% remaining paint above this level. What do you recommend to neutralize
> or remove this rust ?
> I see a product shown via Youtube, miraculous results, but....after being
> a sucker a number of times, i find my skeptical threshold
> is raised.
> Thanks -
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> From: kgordon2006 <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
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> I have some stuff here, EvapoRust, which I have used successfully to
> remove rust from delicate stuff.The last time I used it, it removed all the
> rust from a very rusty ARC-5 remote tuning drive cable.Ken W7EKBSent from
> my Galaxy
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> main at army-radios.groups.io> Subject: [Milsurplus] Rust removal
> suggestions ?
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> I want to remove some rust from the bottom of a radio battery box, but not
> remove, or at least damage as little as possible of the
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> 95% remaining paint above this level. What do you recommend to neutralize
> or remove this rust ?
> I see a product shown via Youtube, miraculous results, but?.after being a
> sucker a number of times, i find my skeptical threshold
> is raised.
> Thanks ?
> Hue Miller
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> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 03:41:48 +0000
> From: Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com>
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> Thank you, Ken, i will try that.
> I am a, i admit it, sucker for Youtube ads. I saw this one for a rust
> remover:
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> https://www.pipiup.com/funnel/checkout-powerful-rust-remover-for-metal-and-stainless-steel
> but i want to be careful with anything ?too strong?, plus i am ? at last ?
> skeptical about Youtube ads.
> -Hue Miller
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