I was tooling around, considering some options for removing rust when I came across this method:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYgnHDB3VNI


Pete

I sure hope he's using an Idaho potato!

Kind of looked to me like have could have done the same thing in 15-30 minutes with Scotch Brite and some Liquid Wrench or WD-40.

Pete, you have way too much time on your hands!

Jim

Actually, I think we could put our shotgun bbls that need a treatment in a long blueing trough when we boil Potatoes for our Southern Potato Salad and really get efficient with this gunstuff.:)

What a waste of good potato.

If an "Idaho" takes it off, does a "Russet" make it rus(t)?

you mean a rust-it potatoe?

Precisely.

Idaho potatos are Russets. (From one who picked a lot of potatos manually in Idaho as a kid for .07 cents per sack).

Definitely low tech, but also very slow. Instead of a two-week soak with a potato, I get the same results with a two-day soak in white vinegar, $.99/gallon. Just did a cast iron bench vise that had been out in the weather for a few years and most of the rust washed off with a garden hose. The vinegar is reuseable.

Replacement:

How does it affect the taste?

Adds color and character, makes it resemble red wine vinegar.

Also smells better than rotting potatoes.

Jerry:

How did you get to AZ at .07 cents per sack!!