Need to clean some tubing

[misfit]

I need to clean up some tubing on my stock class racer. I had just finished building my racer before my last race and all i had time to do was give it a rub down with WD-40. Our first race had rain and 3 in of snow so needless to say we got rust. I was just going to use scotchbrite but i also heard somewhere to use some acid. Any ideas or suggestions on what has worked for you and maybe what kind of acid. Thanks Garrett. And here is a pic since everyone loves pics.

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[racer56]

Scotchbrite and lots of elbow grease.

[dezert_nerd]

Wd40, scotchbrite, and like said above lots of elbow grease

[CraigMT]

I need to clean up some tubing on my stock class racer. I had just finished building my racer before my last race and all i had time to do was give it a rub down with WD-40. Our first race had rain and 3 in of snow so needless to say we got rust. I was just going to use scotchbrite but i also heard somewhere to use some acid. Any ideas or suggestions on what has worked for you and maybe what kind of acid. Thanks Garrett. And here is a pic since everyone loves pics.

Were you over in Billings at the YORRACING.com event? Your truck looks familiar!

X3 on the scotchbrite and WD40, it actually works a lot faster than you would think... Acids will take a little bit off, but looks like crap and leaves a white/chalky residue.

[misfit]

Were you over in Billings at the YORRACING.com event? Your truck looks familiar!

X3 on the scotchbrite and WD40, it actually works a lot faster than you would think... Acids will take a little bit off, but looks like crap and leaves a white/chalky residue.

HAHA! Where else do we have awesome races in the snow and mud! I used a crap load of scotchbrite and got most of it off pretty quick. The bumpers will be painted and the cage left bare with a wd-40 bath often.

[cusico]

Jasco Prep and Prime is the acid. Gloves and Glasses are a must.

Better for disassembled parts then on the car.

Protect anything you don't want to be raw steel after the acid hits it! Heims, shocks, etc need to be protected.

It does leave a chalky residue, but you then just wipe with with wd-40 for looks.

[CraigMT]

HAHA! Where else do we have awesome races in the snow and mud! I used a crap load of scotchbrite and got most of it off pretty quick. The bumpers will be painted and the cage left bare with a wd-40 bath often.

Thought that looked familiar!!!

We were still doing the finsh prep on the truck at 2AM the night before the race. I walked outside and there was 2 inches of snow on my tow rig.... WTF???? I couldn't believe it! It wasi 70 degrees just a couple of days before.

Still, it was an great track and an AWESOME race! Don Linder pulled off a great start to the series.