Westy’s GTOs.

[lowlancer]

2 hours ago, westy said:

Seems I’m a sucker for 70s jap coupes. Probably all 70s coupes really but I like the size of the jap ones. 

No doubt you've seen this. Hopefully some inspiration/motivation - shit it sounds fantastic.

[lowlancer]

Are these particularly bad for rust? I've had 3 or 4 70s Lancers/Celestes and they held up somewhat ok, though were all inland cars.

Impressive work mate.

[westy]

Probably not too different from most other cars of the seventies? This one must have been sitting in sand in a river or beach judging by the amount of it coming out of the sills and the way it’s rusted from the inside out. 

[kiwi808]

That rust solution looks impressive!

[Mr.Mk1]

Doing a great job! One bit at a time.

That soak is pretty impressive.. I’ve been playing with molasses but it takes ages and is a bit grubby.

would appreciate a thread with the intricacies one day if you CBF

[westy]

23 hours ago, Mr.Mk1 said:

Doing a great job! One bit at a time.

That soak is pretty impressive.. I’ve been playing with molasses but it takes ages and is a bit grubby.

would appreciate a thread with the intricacies one day if you CBF

This will explain it much better than I could 

 

You can get everything you need from somewhere like this 

https://www.purenature.co.nz/products/citric-acid?variant=9397996421164&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22682499981&gbraid=0AAAAADrhhYvMZ7UxlDEMJTxxpOemdb1mi&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_ejisP2AlQMVc4C5BR0eOiG6EAQYASABEgIWl_D_BwE

 

Apparently you can make a jelly using xanthan gum so it can be used on the car itself which I might have a crack at next. 

[westy]

Couple of things I forgot to mention haha

When you go to ad the sodium bicarbonate to the water and citric acid solution you’re going to get quite the science project volcano so make sure you’ve got plenty of room in the container for it to bubble up so as it doesn’t overflow. Ad it slowly. 
Make a concentrate with about half the water then top up with water to get to the right volume. 
Ad the dishwash liquid last. 
If it overflows onto concrete rinse it quickish. Don’t have to panic but it will etch it if left. As I found out. 
Wear gloves cause even though it’s non toxic it stings like a bastard if you’ve got any cuts. As I found out. 
It strips zinc by the looks so any galvanising will go. 
If there’s rust under any paint it seems to get behind it and lifts the paint off. 
Can come out a little black but a couple of minutes with the wire wheel and it’s gleaming. 

The black is darker there then irl. 

[HumberSS]

I brought enough citric and washing soda to make 500l of this. I'll prob use an ibc for mixing, but great Intel on mixing process/steps/precautions. I'm going to make a 6m long bath to put my motorhome chassis rails in one side at a time. Hopefully in the coming weeks, then get some paint on it. Great you have also had a good result, that Beyond Ballistics trial was the clincher for me too!