sefton1275gt
Old School Hero
I've striped some xt brakes and chucked everything in some white vinegar.
Are the plastics and black brake shoes ok to go in the bath too?
Are the plastics and black brake shoes ok to go in the bath too?
White vinegar - are plastics ok?
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Frankenorange
Orange 🍊 Fan
I think they will be ok for a bit. Not sure how long is too long but lengthy exposure might not be great for the plastics.
baron von greenback
Devout Dirtbag
What does the vinegar do does it just clean or take a tiny layer off
Uncle Grumpy
Devout Dirtbag
Yes, it won't affect plastics, at least in the short time the part is in the vinegar bath for.
Don't forget to add salt when you install them. And a lemon wedge if you want to be fancy.*
It is good for removing surface rust and oxidation.
*I have heard that the part can rust quicker after being vinegar'ed so a wipe with some WD 40 will help slow that.
novocaine
Retro Wizard
acetic acid also known as vinegar. ch3ooh
the acetone in the acid binds with the iron of iron oxide Fe2o3 to create iron acetate (ferric acetate) and a bit of water, I'm not giving the chemical formula for that, it's to long to remember.
or, magic, it's magic.
depending on the plastic it may prematurely embrittle or discolour it.
@Uncle Grumpy it's not that it makes it rust quicker, it's that you haven't got a layer of oxide on the metal anymore, so it rusts like an unprotected bit of steel would. you can provide some protected with oils as you say, you could also consider a cold blue that creates an artifical layer of oxide fe3o4, which will hold your oil nicer.
the acetone in the acid binds with the iron of iron oxide Fe2o3 to create iron acetate (ferric acetate) and a bit of water, I'm not giving the chemical formula for that, it's to long to remember.
or, magic, it's magic.
depending on the plastic it may prematurely embrittle or discolour it.
@Uncle Grumpy it's not that it makes it rust quicker, it's that you haven't got a layer of oxide on the metal anymore, so it rusts like an unprotected bit of steel would. you can provide some protected with oils as you say, you could also consider a cold blue that creates an artifical layer of oxide fe3o4, which will hold your oil nicer.
bikeworkshop
Old School Grand Master
But your freshly maintained bike goes faster, so makes time pass more quickly.
It's called "time dilation"
Special Relativity, innit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation
novocaine
Retro Wizard
As a body approaches the speed of light it's observed mass becomes infinitely large. which explains my arse and it's inability go faster than it already does.
very special this relativity.
bikeworkshop
Old School Grand Master
All arses are relative.As a body approaches the speed of light it's observed mass becomes infinitely large. which explains my arse and it's inability go faster than it already does.
very special this relativity.
But some arses are more relative than others.
novocaine
Retro Wizard
Now we move from physics to economics, either way, one should not covert a relatives arse (and we slip nicely in to theology)
I suspect we have derailed this thread. sorry folks.
