[Syty] Driveway Rust Cleaner "Results"...

[Larry Brown]

fwiw
Actually I tried Muriatic Acid (some of the bottles called it etching fluid) in various strengths
without any success.  I left one spot sit for about 10 minutes, used my drill and foam pad,
and after rinsing got a "dimmed spot" and a white stain circle where no stain existed.

I figure it would have taken me all summer to clean the driveway, stairs, and sidewalk
leaving a poka-dotted landscape...ie not too cool.  I also worried about killing plants/things around me.
Had to "chase" a neighbors pet dog away who kept wanting to drink the stuff (as it was a hot day, around noon).

Whats amazing, is that I dressed up in rubber gloves, eye goggles, and rubber boots thinking ( & looking like goober)
that the stuff was gonna melt the cement.  It didnt.   I did have 1/2 dozen cars passing by stop
to ask me if the stuff was working and showing interest.  Turns out, after using the Iron Out, I also had neighbors
asking me to do their surrounding areas....but I declined.  Maybe there`s a profession out there for me after all.

I dont know if the help at hardware stores are lame (home depot, ace hardware, and lowes) or lazy.
But only lowes carried the Iron Out and it was hidden on a back shelf behind some dodads.  Fortunately
the sticker price was still on it so I didnt have to have a hour long price check on aisle 5.
As I remember, the stuff is kinda expensive (about $10.00 for something that looks like a quart).

Im now watching where I apply fertilizer, as it definitely (as with radiator fluid) stain the cement something awful.

-Larry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: DOlivares 
  To: Larry Brown 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [Syty] Driveway Rust Cleaner "Results"...


  Did you ever try NITRIC ACID?

  I never could get any reaction for this superior technique.

  D.O. 
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Larry Brown 
  To: syty at syty.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:19 PM
  Subject: [Syty] Driveway Rust Cleaner "Results"...


  Okay Thanks to all who responded to my original driveway cleaner inquiry on rust removal...
  And the winner is.....IRON OUT....<hands down>.

  I bought almost every product that the group recommended.  Tried using each with
  a brush, steelwool, brillow pad, broom and drill with foam pad.  With Iron Out, I found that
  by mildly diluting, and using a broom, the stains were removed and only a minimum amount
  of white reside remained after rinsing.

  Since Im on a corner lot, and the sidewalks, driveway, and steps all were spotted,
  it took 3 bottles of Iron Out to do the job.  And strangely, Home Depot didnt have it
  but Lowes did.  In fact, none of the clerks at either store had any idea of what to use.
  I did not want to kill the wife`s flowers (or poison the neighbors dogs/cats) or ruin the lawn
  so I used rather sparingly.  And while I`ve seen people discarding crap via curbside gutters,
  I tend to be rather prudent (thinking the downhill neighbors would not appreciate toxic waste
  in their surrounding).  So it took awhile to test and report back.

  Thanks to all who responded.

  Larry Brown
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Jeffrey Smirz 
    To: Dig 
    Cc: syty at syty.org 
    Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:53 PM
    Subject: Re: [Syty] Re: Syty Digest, Vol 19, Issue 1


    I recommended Iron Out to him.  It'll take the rust out and not harm the concrete.

    Jeff






    On Oct 10, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Dig wrote:


      Didja try CLR?


      The scrub/rinse cycle with Muriatic has worked for me in the past. You don't want to leave it there long, though.


      Dig


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          From: syty-bounces at syty.org [mailto:syty-bounces at syty.org] On Behalf Of Larry Brown
          Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:07 PM
          To: SyTy List
          Subject: [Syty] Anyone remove concrete rust?




          Anyone:


          ...I`m told there is nothing that removes concrete rust.


          Unfortunately my driveway has poka-dots and household cleaners do nothing


          or worse make white bleach stains (and leave the original rust).


          Even tried a drill pad to work in different solutions, with no help.




          thought I`d ask


          Larry










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