Have any of you ever heard of using a mixture of one part molasses to 9 parts water as a rust remover?   According to two different videos I found on youtube it works great . . . just soak the rusty metal for a few days to a couple of weeks, pull it out and rinse it off.  Both people in the video sounded Australian . . .

Vineagar - It is the only way to fly.
Will turn a rusty clod into a nice blue metal looking ax, hoe, etc. in 1-3 days.
just rinse and then coat in oil.
-Submerge iron or steel in vinegar (no specific flavor), in a plastic tub.
Let it sit, and be amazed.
KC
Let me know what you think - I believe you can attract more rust with vinegar than molasses, they are the opposite to flys...
LOL.

You Guys don't work for Monsanto do you ?  I kind'a like my bead blaster.

I was looking at videos of electrolysis when I ran across the molasses videos.  The process looked like it was as slow as molasses (I know, that wasn't very PUNny!   ), but it seemed to do a really good job.

I tell you that vinegar is the only way to fly...
Quit doing psedoresearch on You tube, spring $4 for a gallon of the cheapest vinegar Wallyworld has, put the rusty clod in a plastic foot tub from back when Great aunt Maybell was in the hospital and you could not throw away a $20 piece of plastic.
Fill up the tub with the vinegar (outside unless you like you house to smell like rusty pickels), enough to cover the rust.
Check it after 12 hours, flip it. then at 24 hours check it again.
90% of the things I did were done at this point. (you can get a tooth brush to make the rust fall off the crevaces), but most of the rust will just fall off.
In all seriousness, this is REALLY EASY.
Back when I restored furniture for a living, I did alot of stuff on the side like this to sell as well...
No electricity required, no waiting for a chemical reaction between H2O and the sugars of the mollases.
KC
Oh yeah, the vinegar is reusable, just strain off the rusty goop.