Thank you, Kurt. I have never yet looked at the ingredients in it.

It does work extremely well to remove rust.  I had suspected that it was some sort of highly active detergent.

Ken W7EKB



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-------- Original message --------
From: Facility 406 <[email protected]>
Date: 10/28/24 07:58 (GMT-08:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Advice on rust remover ?

> I am still not sure how it works, though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytic_acid

aka  Inositol hexaphosphoric acid

Once the active ingredient is known, there's a lot of references to it
on the web, and common use as a rust remover in a lot of off-the-shelf
products.

Kurt

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