Rust Remover Showdown. Will Evapo-Rust prevail?

Can you compare por-15 to other products claiming to do the same thing?

Crudcutter, evaporust, car, naval jelly, clr, vinegar, coke.

Many years ago I tried to remove the rust from a metal patio table using what was sold to me as naval jelly, thogh not the variety of it that you show here. I was not impressed. It did not seem to do the job all that well. In more recent years, I have used a product called Extend, which comes in both spray cans and in a bottle, but every single time I've bought the bottle I'd use some of it and the second half or so that was still in the container solidified completely, making it unusable. Not sure what's in it offhand.

Great content but a major omission is you MUST manage problems with flash rusting! After you use an acidic solution it will quickly flash rust again unless you neutralize it with a base solution such as baking soda and water.

I dont think CLR is meant to be used on metal.

I use vinegar a lot for rust removal, and the key to making it work, is heat. Same with CLR. I just sit the glass of vinegar, in some hot water, the hotter the better. Microwave or stovetop, would be ok for heating it as well. I find it works 2-3x faster than at room temp.

I know its been years, but is the Krud Kutter listed in the amazon link the correct one? It opens a page for Rust-oleum Krud Kutter Cleaner Degreaser and that product doesnt say anything about removing rust. Thanks!

I hate to say this because I usually like this guy but sometimes you can definitely feel him favoring one product above the others.

White vinegar @ 40% Will work amazing well. Most vinegar is like 5% and works much slower. I do appreciate your videos.

Now for the sake of making a video, these guys all pour out the used chemicals. Where? The toilet, the neighbor's fence line? A gutter? The back yard (nope)? They're polluting the planet for the sake of making a useless video. Information on rust removers is universally available without polluting the environment. All of that stuff goes somewhere. Also, can't they afford to buy all that junk they're cleaning? Bad bad bad. The most ironic thing they ALL do is put them on a grinder brush after the video which is the first thing sensible ppl would do, not trying to push a boulder up hill.

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30% white vinegar works better than 5%. Also, bottle/can (ready to drink) coke will not work as well as the straight syrup used in fountain drink machines.

Vinegar works better when a ratio of salt is added 1 cup to 1 gallon.

My go-to for serious rust removal has been muriatic acid; however, be advised that once your parts is done with the muriatic acid treatment, you need to neutralize any residual acid that remains on the part. Make a solution of water and baking soda and go over your part with that or soak the part in it. If not, your part will rust again and even worse. Follow up with rinsing with clean water and drying. Also, store muriatic acid outside away from any metal tools and machinery. The stuff is very volatile and I learned the hard way when bare steel in my garage was getting flash rust on it when I had a plastic one gallon jug of muriatic in there. That jug was inside a plastic five gallon pail with a gasketed snap on lid and the fumes manage to escape past those barriers. Inside the five gallon pail was a yellow residue from the fumes that leaked. Phosphoric is much safer and will leave a phosphate coating on your steel that somewhat protects is from corrosion.

Did you ever make a follow up video on the wrench?

The instructions on most of these products specifically state that you should leave the items immersed for 24hrs. Not sure why you bothered to test the difference at much shorter intervals, or in a non-immersed situation.

I currently use POR-15 Rust remover, it appears to be the same product as the Evapo-Rust I previously used. I throw parts in the jug, and just leave them alone for a couple of days. Always removes 100% of all of the rust, plus you just run the liquid through a strainer, pour it back in the jug, and use it again.

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I just bought a bottle of EvapoRust. I had to go to 4 stores to find it. Now I have a set of rusty blued handcuffs that appeared on my workbench while we were out of state. Can’t wait to see the result.

I got the cheaper version of CLR and it worked exactly the same. I think it's called WATER.
Edit: Just to add, No, it doesn't work better on lime and scale. It is a completely useless product.

I am not familiar in removing rust, but I would like to ask an expert like you what is the best and safe liquid for remove a mass rust from a washing machine tube and drum?

If you diluted the hydrochloric/muriatic acid with distilled water works good and cheap for overall use

Remember, the muratic acid needs to be neutralized after the soaking. Baking soda and water will do the trick. Rinse with water and blow dry with air, then paint or oil for protection against rusting back up.

Thank you

grandma set down the clr and got a splash back in her eye. killed it turned it white, but after stem cell injection and an incubator she has full use of her eye! looks %100 normal....crazy huh. be careful!!!!!

Is rust remover different to a rust converter?

Going to grab some krud kutter later today to use on my linesman pliers & diagonal cutters to give them a “like new” look…. They are working great but after a hot summer of getting drenched in sweat led to a bit of corrosion.

Which one to use directly on the car paint ?

Evapo-rust needs 24 hours to work the same as Krud Kutter. The difference between them is that Evapo-Rust can be had here in Saskatchewan for about $9/L, Krud Kutter costs $22.20/L, so KK is about 2.5 times the cost. Actually Evapo-Rust was just on sale for $6.45/L, so almost 1/4 the cost. I use it on my rusty trucks (frame, undercarriage).

I don’t see that you have tested the small hand held steamers. I would be interested in seeing these tested. These would be good for detail boat engines when in tight spaces. Thanks

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Krud kutter vs rust kutter????

Thank you sir..

it's been five years. any updates on that wrench?

Always enjoy your videos mate, living in the UK car parts rust super fast.

I think you should have tried evapo rust the same way wit that wrench. Just saying.

Hand tool rescue dude uses that Evapo rust, seems like a good safe alternative if you dont need the speed.

At one time Mt. Dew had the highest phosphoric acid level and hence the most tooth decay.

CLR cleaned my dishwasher really well.. like new from hard water and rust looking discoloraiton. just put some in empty dishwasher and ran a few times to remove all residual.

Ty great content. It's funny though, I've seen and used vinegar with great results but I leave it foe 2 days. I've seen evaporust work great almost perfectly on other restoration channels?....

One thing to consider with this is, Muriatic acid also attacks the steel, so you would not want to use it on any type of nuts and bolts, particularly structural. I believe it'll also rust worse afterwards.
Phosphoric products like Ospho would be better, or use one of the less harsh ones you tested.
The fumes from Muriatic will also cause other stuff in your shop to rust, too.

Evaporust works without being acidic. The rest clean by acid, which will dissolve some of the metal too (especially muriatic).

I can testify that white vinegar does work but it takes a while, but it's really cheap, like less than $2.00 a gallon last time I bought it. I once used it to remove rust form a dutch oven and it took several days, but if you're not in a hurry it's great and it is pretty much harmless. I enjoyed this one. Keep the good stuff coming.

We used muriatic acid in the Navy to remove oils from cable when we were making poured sockets. I knew it would be the best but I also knew if you let it sit, it will eat whatever you're trying to clean.

Evapo Rust isn’t the strongest rust remover. Krud Kutter contains phosphoruc acid, as does naval jelly. Muriatic acid is the strongest remover, followed by phosphoric acid.

BUT, Evapo Rust IS the best rust remover if you have time to let it soak a day or two. It’s Ph neutral, safe to handle, and doesn’t eat away good metal. The key is giving it time to work.

I use muriatic and phosphoric acid, but only when I’m in a hurry, and will be monitoring what I’m working on.
When I’m not in a hurry, one to two days (or longer) soaking in Evapo Rust will do a perfect job, and not cause pitting or destruction to good metal.

I'll bet the coke tastes best ...

Without a doubt, tried everything,hands down the best rust remover for gas tanks,tools,metal hinges,aluminum,is old fashioned white distilled Vinegar,don't waste your money on anything else and vinegar is still inexpensive try it you won't use anything else,you just have to leave the parts in a few hours it will remove all the rust !!!!

ive restored albrecht keyless chucks and Kwik switxh tool holders eith evaporust. very gentle yet effective. rescued apparently useless machine tooling to a very usable condition without damaging sny of the underlaying steel. absolutely amazing stuff, but you HAVE to take a nylon bristle to it after soaking..its completely nuetral and safe to handle..the oxides will slough right off... i STRONGLY reccomend it.