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Posted by: brer May 23 2005, 05:21 PM

I just read this online.

"Coca-Cola cure for rust... Forget those expensive rust removers. Just saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain. The phosphoric acid in the coke is what gets the job done. "

Posted by: lapuwali May 23 2005, 05:59 PM

Phosphoric acid WILL treat rust. That's the active ingredient in "Ospho", "Naval Jelly", and probably "Metal Ready". It turns iron oxide into iron phosphate, which is black and will slow furthur rusting.

The question is if a can of Coke has a high enough concentration of phosphoric acid in it to do anything worthwhile. It may be enough for very mild surface rust.

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 23 2005, 06:02 PM

Pour some Baccardi in the coke and drink it with a lot of ice. Use Metal Ready on the car.
Cheers, Elliot

Posted by: scotty b May 23 2005, 06:02 PM

Kinda makes you think twice about what you're dumping in your mouth hole

Posted by: bd1308 May 23 2005, 06:07 PM

apparently the carbon dioxide in the coke and in soft drinks in general raises your chance of getting esophugus(sp) cancer.......

Posted by: john grier May 23 2005, 06:36 PM

I have not tried it on rust but it works great cleaning the gunk off your windshield.

Posted by: rhodyguy May 23 2005, 08:11 PM

it just made my nose bleed.

k

Posted by: GWN7 May 23 2005, 08:18 PM

False

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

Posted by: Rand May 23 2005, 08:29 PM

I'm sure we've all heard the rumors about Coke dissolving nails... and "if it eats nails, just think about what it does to your stomach..."

Yeah right... Think I'll go mix up a rum and Coke.

You think Coke is tough on nails, you should see what stomach acid does to a nail!

Pretty much the same as Oshpo. Hmm.... Never mind.... I'm not barfing on my car to prevent rust.

Posted by: SirAndy May 23 2005, 08:35 PM

QUOTE (Elliot Cannon @ May 23 2005, 05:02 PM)
Pour some Baccardi in the coke and drink it with a lot of ice. Use Metal Ready on the car.

hey Cap'n, does this pass your high standards for quality Tech Advice ?

Andy

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 23 2005, 09:25 PM

anybody have some "pop rocks"?
chase them with a coke and it burns a hole in your stomach..............

Posted by: Aaron Cox May 23 2005, 09:32 PM

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ May 23 2005, 08:25 PM)
anybody have some "pop rocks"?
chase them with a coke and it burns a hole in your stomach..............

done that.

i got sick a few days later....coincidence?

Posted by: tat2dphreak May 23 2005, 09:40 PM

only think Coke will "fix" is a mild thirst... maybe the thirst caused by fixing rust with ospho... seriously, if you've ever used ospho (or anything with a HIGH concentration of phosphoric acid, you'll know how little coke has... the smell is much stronger than you realize... plus everything else that is in coke would leave a residue that you would have to wash off... seems counter productive...

Posted by: scruz914 May 24 2005, 12:36 AM

I know for sure it really works. I had the lining of my stomach checked last month and there is no rust! I'll be damned if it doesn't work on the colon too. My colonoscopy was also rust free.

Posted by: aircooledboy May 24 2005, 10:44 AM

One of my favorite TV shows is "Myth Busters" on the Science channel. (Ya, I know. )

They tested several different Coke myths recently, and found, among other things, it won't dissolve a nail, but suprisingly found it actually worked great as a rust remover on chrome if you rubbed coke onto chrome with a piece of aluminum foil.

Posted by: Jenny May 24 2005, 11:46 AM

QUOTE (brer @ May 23 2005, 04:21 PM)
Just saturate an abrasive sponge with Coca Cola and scrub the rust stain.

If you saturate an abrasive sponge with water and go at the rust stain, I'll bet it comes out as well.

Ditto on the mythbusters bit. I think they found most of their experiments weren't too different than their control. And you have a sticky mess to clean up afterwards.

Jen

Posted by: MattR May 24 2005, 01:51 PM

QUOTE (Elliot Cannon @ May 23 2005, 04:02 PM)
Pour some Baccardi in the coke and drink it with a lot of ice. Use Metal Ready on the car.
Cheers, Elliot

Im glad to hear our pilot chimed in

just playin elliot.