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Posted by Kevin in Ohio [64.136.27.231] on Saturday, September 05, 2009 at 00:31:41 :
In Reply to: Re: Picklex do's and don'ts posted by Doc Dave [69.19.14.28] on Friday, September 04, 2009 at 13:24:52 :
Dave,
I bought a gallon as most on the AB Forum swear by it and Len has always been great with products he sells. I read over the website and ordered a gallon.
The reason I wanted something to stop rust is some of my original sheetmetal had rust pits and I didn't want to have to sandblast REAL hard there for the warpage factor. The highs will sand off. It's the lows that I worry about.
I was told once treated, metal could sit around years before rusting. When I blasted my rear fenders I treated them and decided to do a test. I got a new scrap chunk of box tubing, cleaned it with laquer thinner as it was oiled and treated half with picklex and the other half bare. I threw it outside and honestly forgot about till a little over a month had past. When I remembered I was shocked to see both sides looked the same and in a few spots the picklex was worse.
Emailed Len and that was when I was informed you can't let water touch it as it'll wash off. He said picklex could actually make it rust worse when the water gets to it.
I did read it was water soluable but I was thinking along the lines of latex paint. Once dry it's fine. I was sadly wrong. It was then I emailed Picklex directly and he said to call. The rep on the phone, who I know believe is the owner, bottler, mixer and shipper was hard to understand with a heavy Foreign accent.
When He ask what the thinner was I used on my test I replied laquer thinner. When he asked what is that and what is in it I got a lump in my throat.
It may be a good product but answer this. It has to be completely sealed with a topcoat and NO water can come in contact with it or it will fail correct? ANY other or NO treatment will offer the same protection if water/oxgen never gets to the metal right? On their webpage it lists it as a rust inhibitor. To me it is not. Converter, maybe.
Feel free to call him at 256 650 0088 and see what you think.
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