I think it might remove rust AND pipes. Be careful with that stuff.
Keep it away from muriatic acid (hydrochloric acid). The acid fumes form muriatic can cause metals to rust faster. My dad has a business that uses muriatic acid for cleaning. The smoke from it, can develop rust on metals immediately on the following day. Heat produced by laptop makes rusting even faster... You don't need to apply the acid to form rust. Using the laptop in a room with acid fumes is enough..
Oxalic or Muriatic Acid diluted with water will remove rust stains from a roof. Here in Tampa, Muriatic Acid is common, used for swimming pools. Diluted 1 part acid to 4 parts water, it will remove rust stains off a roof. Plain Vinegar is a mild acid, and should be tried first! You may have to apply several applications of it, but we here at Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa suggest you try it first ? More roof rust stain removal info may be had by going here http://roof-cleaning-institute.activeboard.com/
There are various chemicals that make things rust and a good example is muriatic acid. Rust occurs when iron is oxidized.
it dos'nt it makes rust
it dos'nt it makes rust
Acid does not remove rust, however the use of phosphoric acid on rust converts the iron oxide to iron phosphate, which in turn can be painted without the fear of rust forming. The iron phosphate surface will not deteriorate the metal like iron oxide does.
remove surface rust
muriatic acid- - - - -phosphoric acid is very commonly used. It can be had as a paste called "Naval Jelly."
Acid, to help remove calcium carbonate and rust deposits.
Apparently it does. The citric acid in the soft drinks burn up the rust and eliminates it and instead of sticking to the metal it sticks to the acid or the citric acid.
Oxalic acid (one teaspoon) to remove rust and iron stains
Muriatic acid will not lower the Harness(calcium chloride)level in a swimming pool. Dilution is the only effective method to lower the calcium hardness level. Muriatic acid is used to lower the pH and total alkalinity of pool water.