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[hanra]

Any one used this stuff before????

Any hints or tips on the best way to use it on bare metal?

[71xu1]

Wax and grease deoxodine with steel wool, leave on for three to five minutes, neutralise with a damp wet rag not soaked in water, last step wipe panel down with a rag dampened with metho to dry the water out. PS wear gloves. If all else fails read the instructions on the packaging.
Cheers Dave

[71xu1]

I should of added wear safety glasses and use in a well ventilated area. After all deoxodine is just another name for phosphoric acid and should be treated as you would any acid. Unless it,s LSD.

Cheers Dave

[S pack]

i heard to not put it in joins or crevises that you cant get to.

Blow dry crevices and joins etc with compressed air.

I remember advising another forum member some time ago to use a mix of one part Deoxidine to one part Water. My bad, it's one part Deoxidine to five parts Water. With a 1:5 mix you shouldn't have the treated metal turning brown.

[torana_nick]

hey guys,
good that i looked into this i have used deoxidine and rust converter nearly on my hole car.. no protection what so ever... now that i know i will definatly invest in some latex gloves.. abit of warning on the bottles would be nice..

[enderwigginau]

Get heavy latex gloves or use nitrile (the blue ones). Don't use poncy thin white latex food prep gloves as they are useless.
The Phosphorous from the Deoxidine can get into your bones, not as bad a HydroFlouric Acid, but luckily you can't buy that off the shelf.

Scrub down the panel to remove any loose/rough bits, deox, rust will discolour, wipe off with metho, prime ASAP, preferably with an etch which will bite into the panel, then a surfacing primer or something similar that will provide a moisture barrier..........

Tim/Dirtbag will give the best advice.........

Grant..

[71xu1]

Get heavy latex gloves or use nitrile (the blue ones). Don't use poncy thin white latex food prep gloves as they are useless.
The Phosphorous from the Deoxidine can get into your bones, not as bad a HydroFlouric Acid, but luckily you can't buy that off the shelf.

Scrub down the panel to remove any loose/rough bits, deox, rust will discolour, wipe off with metho, prime ASAP, preferably with an etch which will bite into the panel, then a surfacing primer or something similar that will provide a moisture barrier..........

Tim/Dirtbag will give the best advice.........

Grant..

One important step left out you MUST neutralise the phosphoric acid with a rag dampened with water. If not eventually the paints going to bubble and you will also have poor adhesion.

[enderwigginau]

Here is the MSDS for Deoxidine - http://www.chemical-...oxidine 605.pdf
Since when does Phosphoric Acid NOT have phosphorous in it? Note the Skin Absorbtion section on the first page.

Phos, Flourine etc will displace the Calcium in your bones...........this can kill you......10-20ml of HF (HydroFlouric Acid) on the skin will not leave enough time to use the cream to neutralize it and it eats through almost everything.......it's used to dissolve quartz from rock samples....you can't buy it off the shelf........luckily Phosphoric isn't so bad, but keep a bucket of water handy.......

One important step left out you MUST neutralise the phosphoric acid with a rag dampened with water. If not eventually the paints going to bubble and you will also have poor adhesion.

Yes, you're right. Usually you'd use a diluted solution.......so when you wipe down with Metho it cleans off the acid and water (and absorbs some of the water).

Grant..