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  1. G60Dub

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    Does the electrolosys (SP?) produce hydrogen?
     
  2. mk216valver Forum Member

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    BREAKING NEWS!!!!!

    TESCO VALUE VINEGAR IS NOW 13P, NOT 14P!!!!!!!:thumbup:
     
  3. Matt82

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    credit crunchy cheapness. should be able to afford to dip the whole car
     
  4. G60Dub

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    1. Can it be used on non-ferrous parts - e.g ally?

    2. What about parts with chrome plating - I don't want to go poisioning myself?
     
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    should def be able to do it to ally and chrome - assuming u mean the vinegar. Don't know about the caustic soda/battery way - pretty sure you can't do that with chromed parts.

    Dunked one of my hubs in vinegar last night - will post up before and after pics tomorrow

    Anybody tried it with cola? That's supposed to work well isn't it? Or was that just for de-greasing etc. Tesco Value cola is 15p for a 2l bottle - so this is almost a quarter of the price of vinegar!!!!! If you are a health freak I guess you could use diet :lol: and you'd also avoid sticky finger syndrome [:D]
     
  6. mk216valver Forum Member

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    here's a before and after pic of my hubs - the one on the left has been in vinegar for 2 days..... sorry - the one on the right :lol:

    I reckon it needs another day to get it totoally gleaming - will post another pic when they are both done. Then I might try the coke method - see how that goes.

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    Proof enough that Tesco extra value coca cola is not fit for human consumption
     
  8. Red_n_dead Forum Member

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    anybody know you you could get away with dunking a complete caliper in vinegar or will it corrode the seals?
     
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    my brother has just done this, left them in there for a week, the seals are ok.
     
  10. neil kaye Forum Junkie

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    :lol: :lol: [:^(] :lol: sorry just made me lmfho

    mk216valver have yo got a pic after the 3rd day and did you use the vinagar neat,i would of thort youd need a gallon of the stuff to cover a whole hub
     
  11. mk216valver Forum Member

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    hi,

    sorry, forgot to take a pic but it had improved over the pic posted.

    yup - i used it neat - i put the hub in a bucket, poured about 5 bottles of vinegar in (about 500ml each) realised this wasn't going to cover the hub, so filled a couple of tesco foodbags (sealable) with water and put them in the bucket too to fill the gaps and bring the level of the vinegar up (hope that makes sense) could prob just fill the empty bottle up with water instead i guess.....
     
  12. neil kaye Forum Junkie

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    good idea will have to try this
     
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    cheers mate. i'll be doing my hubs n calipers 2night then.
     
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    bugger me, your clever aint ya, would never have thought of filling the gaps up with bags of water :thumbup: id of just taken more off my car to fill up the gaps with
     
  15. mk216valver Forum Member

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    my mum always said i was special, i can only assume she was referring to coming up with ideas like this......... ;)
     
  16. neil kaye Forum Junkie

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    so special you still havnt remembered to post a pic after the third day of the vinager soak ;) come on i wanna see the end result :lol:
     
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    Never let it be said I'm not special!!!!!!!!!

    I took this this morning (to stop the haters (not mentioning any names but Neil Kaye you know who you are :lol: ))

    I think this quite artistically shows the difference between the one that was in for 2 days to the one that was in for 3 and the difference they both have to my painted (and peeling) garage floor :thumbup:
     
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    my brother also filled the empty vinegar bottles with water to raise the level in the tub.

    got a manifold in Tescos finest coke, 17p for two litres, see how it fairs.
     
  19. Red_n_dead Forum Member

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    can i do discs in the vinager, or just wire wool them?
    trying to clean up some 256s
     
  20. mk216valver Forum Member

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    don't see why not
     
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