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I have a gut feeling that the Picklex is way overpriced for what it is. There would have to be something special that's different about it that's not mentioned in the claims for it to be worth 10 times the price over the Must For Rust. Or the Must For Rust is a scam, which I doubt. I'll use it on my Kut-Kwick because it's already on the way here but in the future when I use such stuff, I'll try the Must For Rust. I normally do as you do with phosphoric acid treatment - only for flash rust or to protect sandblasted surfaces until I can properly prime with epoxy. Here, I am going to use it as a prep for the Zero Rust, as recommended at ABS. This is not flash rust by any means but real heavy duty stuff from at least 20 years exposure to the elements. It's very tightly adhering (no scaling) and hasn't seemed to get any worse over the years. Maybe because of the good steel from the 50's combined with no exposure to road salt has been the reason. Anyway, wirebrushing only gets a small amount of loose surface rust and the rest is there to stay. Only sandblasting would get it all and that's out of the question on this project. I did get a head start on it all these last few days which have been nice - in the mid 50's during the day. It won't last long however. I managed to get it completely disassembled and while the weather was favorable I was able to get the major parts degreased and cleaned outside using combinations of scraping, oven cleaner, foamy Gunk, POR's Marine Clean and a pressure washer. That's a big step that I couldn't have done near as well inside. I found that I have to replace both tires. It doesn't show in the picture in my other post but they both are severely weather cracked, especially on the inner side. I was also able to get both rims cleaned up, wire brushed and POR15 applied to the inside surface yesterday. I used that since I had some left over from the snowblower and I was able to do it outside. I just brushed it on. I have to admit it brushes on nicely and flows out extremely well. No hint of any brush marks. And I used a cheap throw-away brush. You'd really think it had been sprayed on. If I were able to do the rest of it outside, I'd probably do it with the POR and topcoat with a urethane but that's not going to be. Hopefully, I'll be pleased with how the Zero Rust applies. I am wavering about topcoating the Zero Rust with a non-iso gloss alkyd paint. I may wind up using the Zero Rust as just a primer rather than the whole thing. I'll decide when I see what the Zero Rust looks like. I believe it's a satin finish and not a gloss. I may do the gas tank with a urethane in the Spring. That can be done by itself easily, wouldn't tie up the machine for long and would provide some gasoline spill resistance - at least on the tank. 34F this morning. We haven't had a killing frost up here yet (1100' elev) but they have down in the valley. Any day now though. Rod
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