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Hey, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van

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Freedom. Evapo-Rust removed a fair amount of

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rust from my hardware,

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but the work was nowhere near finished.

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I still had rust to brush away,

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difficulty drying the small parts,

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and poor results when I tried reusing

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the liquid. I would not recommend it

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based on that experience.

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The bottle in my purchased kit was

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thirty-two ounces. I poured the whole bottle

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into a plastic bucket and put badly

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rusted nuts, bolts, screws and wrench bits

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into it. Those parts had become wet

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and rusty. This was a removable-hardware soaking

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job, separate from scrubbing my van's fixed

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cargo floor. The basic process described by

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the manufacturer is to clean dirt and

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oil off the parts,

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fully immerse them, check the rust removal,

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and rinse afterward. My soak got a

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good amount of rust off,

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but definitely not all of it.

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The remaining rust still needed wire brushing

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and elbow grease. That did not match

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the simple soak-and-rinse result I expected from

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the advertising. For my wrench bits,

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finishing the job after the soak took

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a lot of time and effort.

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I also disliked the strong chemical smell

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and the residue on the hardware.

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I rinsed the parts with water,

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but getting every small recess and crevice

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completely dry was difficult.

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I saw rust returning almost immediately after

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that rinse. For my actual job,

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rinsing and drying became another frustrating part

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of the process. Reuse did not improve

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the value for me.

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After the first use,

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my liquid became thick and very dirty.

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When I tried using it again on

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other parts, it did a poor job

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of removing rust. The original promise of

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a simple reusable soak did not match

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the result I got.

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My full page compares WD-40 Specialist Rust

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Remover Soak and Metal Rescue as alternative

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soaking products. Those alternatives are there to

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compare; I am not claiming I used

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them or that they solved the problems

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I had with Evapo-Rust.

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Thanks for watching. I'm Steve Smith with

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Camper Van Freedom. My conclusion comes from

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the work left over after soaking,

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the rust returning after rinsing,

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the smell, and the unsuccessful reuse.

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Read the full Evapo-Rust review for that

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experience and the two alternatives.

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See you on the next project.