Home Improvement > Helpful HintsJanuary 24, 2005

Coke for Rust

Pour coca-cola on rusty bolts and screws let sit for a few minutes and will be easier to remove!

<p>By Nell Collins

<p>Editor's Note: If you are interested on why this works, there is a reasonable explantion at the link below.

<p><a href="http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/apr2000/956110757.Ch.r.html">http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/apr2000/956110757.Ch.r.html</a>

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06/05/2008

It doesn't work. When I heard of this I tried it immediately. Maybe if one were to heat it up first, but otherwise I have had no success with Coke to loosen or get rid of rust.

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11/17/2007

hoe does it work

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