XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:28:15 +0900, Minoru Osaka   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:14:21 -0700, Bob F wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I guess I could use phosphoric acid but is there any harm to using gas that   
   >>> comes from a can that has surface rust covering the entire inside surface?   
   >>   
   >> I wonder if a rust converter would produce a gas resistant protection.   
   >> It could be worth contacting the manufacturers of a couple such products.   
   >   
   >I actually had thought about that when I remembered that I had an old jar   
   >of phosphoric acid in my chemistry kit which I haven't opened up in years.   
   >   
   >I ran an experiment on an old rusty pair of shears left outside too long.   
   >The phosphoric acid turned the metal from pure rust to black "something".   
   >I don't know what that "something" is, but it's black, whatever it is.   
   >   
   >I guess I was supposed to wash it off but I just left it on.   
   >Is it too late to wash it off two days later?   
   >   
   >The black is all dry now. Not wet. I guess I can scrape it off. Maybe.   
   >   
   >I'm thinking maybe I can pure some of the thick clear phosphoric acid into   
   >the gas can and shake it around, but I only have about two ounces left.   
   >   
   >I've had it in a labeled glass jar for so long I forgot how I acquired it.   
      
   I had a motorcycle that hadn't been ridden for 35 years.  It has rust in   
   the gas tank.  I think what I read said to put metal bolts in the tank,   
   add kerosene, do the hootche-kootchie and shake it all around.   
      
   I did that, until when I poured out the kerosene it just looked like   
   kerosene. Then I put the bike back tother and it ran a little bit, but   
   it was too much for me and I gave it away.  I don't know for sure that I   
   wouldn't clogged the carb, but I was confident at the time.   
      
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