[SEL] Re: Molasses Derusting

[Rob Skinner]

On Nov 13, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Joseph L Betz wrote:

> Now I'm really confused.
>
> Is this the same Molasses I use on my pancakes ?

Hi Joe,
It's not really the molasses that removes the rust, but the molasses  
and water make a very sweet, nutritious soup.  You're dirty. Your  
bucket, the air, your hands, they're all filthy.  Everything around  
you is infected with bacteria, which end up in your derusting  
solution.  The little creepy crawlies start eating the tasty sugars  
and humping.  The bugs are very prolific and all that humping makes  
them hungry.  Before long, there are billions and billions of bugs in  
your soup, eating, peeing and fornicating.  Interestingly, the bug  
piddle is acid.  They eat the sugar and excrete acid.  It is that  
acid that effects the rust on your engine parts.

Rob