the cocacola myth

leave them in to long and yes it will break down the metal. but there are better ways to clean metal

Mario

It's not bogus. Coke is a bit acidic, and will eat away at metal (and rust), given enough time.

Soda cans have a thin plastic lining inside them to prevent corrosion, in school as a little tyke we submerged a six pack in soda and a couple weeks later there was nothing left but some very flat soda and plastic film.

If you ever want to scare your kids from drinking soda, next time one of them loses a tooth put the tooth and some coke in a glass, let sit for a week and fish the tooth out. Or what's left of it. ;)

I drink lots of coke and my bolt and nuts are all rust free.

Geez, I'm a smart ass some days. Or a dumb ass. Or both.

Randy

I've been using electrolysis for years.

A big bowl of water, and a little plumbing cleaner (anything with lye in it).

This makes the water conduct electricity better.

More info:

Jan

Be carefull. If you get the electrodes backwards you will grow hair on your palms. (Is that one too obscure?)

There is a method of hair removal called electrolysis, and you know that if you reverse the polarity of electrolysis it plates instead of removing.

Lol, yes :)

Jan

Here's my old version of this method.... Decide for yourself