I got some Rallye rims from my buddy Bob (nut4vintage) and they were in need of some "attention" so I was going to wire wheel them and shoot them argent. I had 2 gallons of 14% muriatic pool acid from my summer days and wanted to try and see if it would clean some of the rust off. Uh, yeah..IT DID! For around 8 bucks and an old trash can, I dipped half the rim for 24 hours in a 1:2 acid/water mix and then blasted it with a garden hose. The rust AND 95% of the paint practically fell off the rim leaving virgin light gray metal with no pit marks. The shots were about 10 minutes in the sun to dry and there was a little flash rust forming but it wipes off with a paper towel. So Im now dipping the entire rim in the bottom of a "Roughneck 20 gallon" trash can, a 14" Rally fits perfectly. Ill take it out tomorrow night and blast it again. I had to add about 2 more gallons of water to cover the rim (1:4) so well see if it works as good as 1:2. Remember to ALWAYS add acid to water or you could get a violent reaction from a little water dropping into alot of acid.
