Stainless Steel Cleaning, Passivation, and Rust Protection

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

Комментарии • 12

  • @watcherwatchmen7785
    @watcherwatchmen7785 Год назад +10

    Most stainless steel is passivized with acid, such as nitric acid. The acid is actually dissolving the exposed iron, which leaves just nickel and chromium behind which won't rust. When you scratch stainless steel, you expose new iron, which can then rust again. So if you scrub or scratch stainless, you'll want to passivate it after you scrub it to dissolve the newly exposed iron. Then rinse with baking soda to neutralize, then clean water.
    You can use oxalic acid, phosphoric acid, or citric acid, or any of the food safe acids to help passivate your stainless steel. But the passivization step should be done after all the scrubbing is finished. If you have to add a sealer to prevent rust, then you haven't passivized it enough.

    • @ScientistDog
      @ScientistDog 9 месяцев назад +1

      If I have to passivize it later, then which product should I use for rust and deposits removal while scratching?

  • @95Eg6SoCal
    @95Eg6SoCal 3 месяца назад

    Would this work on a stainless steel grill grate

  • @arthurtapia7465
    @arthurtapia7465 Год назад

    Love the tips but where did you buy both products Chris?

  • @KeepHammering117
    @KeepHammering117 3 года назад +3

    Excellent!

  • @adamwagner7105
    @adamwagner7105 Год назад +2

    Video was posted a year ago. I'd be interesting to add a 10 second clip to this to say "and here it is 1 year later to see how it held up."

  • @PatriceBoivin
    @PatriceBoivin 9 месяцев назад +5

    I bet some Cybertruck owners are going to watch this

  • @JohnSmith-fx4se
    @JohnSmith-fx4se 10 месяцев назад +1

    I wish you had taken the mailbox off the wall. If it were me, I would be super upset if any of the chemicals used messed up that beautiful wood or vinyl surface. I love the color of the wood/vinyl.

  • @Oz4rmEg
    @Oz4rmEg Год назад

    Thank you. I cleaned against the grain and ruined the hood

  • @jim78
    @jim78 Год назад

    Nice video. Don't want to sound like a hater but the products used were like $100 to buy. I would have just replaced the mailbox. Easier

    • @AlexOvechkinSucks
      @AlexOvechkinSucks 11 месяцев назад

      How often do you want to replace mailboxes? The product may cost a bit, but can be used in 100’s of applications.
      But anyway, there’s probably better solutions out there, but just may require more scrubbing.