Quote Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe View Post
Thanks for the info. I will do some more research. I have some K20 suspension brackets I'd like to try this on.
Forgot to mention: after a while, especially in the warmer months of the year, it stinks to high hell. Within a couple weeks my 10 gallon tub of molasses solution was still working just fine, but it stunk so bad that I would gag every time I checked my parts. Absolutely horrendous stench! I highly recommend thick gloves, an apron and rubber boots when dealing with this stuff: you DO NOT want this stuff on you, cause that smell ain't coming out. I've decided to put my bigger tank a long ways away from the house. It'll be a little more work to get my parts cleaned up, but at least I won't have to deal with the smell.

The temperature outside can also effect the amount of time the solution takes to break down the rust. Lower temps will slow down the process, but higher temps don't seem to speed it up. I'm toying with the idea of using a cattle trough heater to keep the temperature at a nominal level, though I'm not sure what effect, if any, the solution will have on the heater element.