[AJD] Calcium Chloride in wheels, How to deal with it

[Gary Epps]

A suitable tank can consist of a shallow hole in the ground lined with 
thick plastic sheeting, or avoid digging the hole and drape the plastic 
over a low wall of concrete block, railroad ties, logs etc.  It will 
work just as well as buying a tank.

Gary

Chris C wrote:
> Keith and John,
> 
>     Now that sounds like just the sort of backyard
> experiment I want to do!  I'm going to go look for a
> suitable tank this weekend!  And perhaps some
> directions...
> 
>                 Chris
> --- Keith Kinney <kkinney at herculesengines.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I wonder if you would put it in a electrolysis bath
>>if it wouldn't take the 
>>calcium out of the rim.  It is my understanding this
>>is the same process 
>>marine archiologist use to get the salt out of
>>cannons and other iron 
>>objects that have been under the sea for hundreds of
>>years.
>>Keith
>>
>>
>>
>>At 04:20 PM 7/7/2005, you wrote:
>>
>>>Chris,
>>>You can't neutralize the Calcium Chloride
>>
>>whatsoever, it's a salt, lots of 
>>
>>>it found in seawater.  The best you can hope for is
>>
>>to rinse the living 
>>
>>>daylights out of your rims, but I have been told
>>
>>that the calcium salt 
>>
>>>gets into the rust pits and aggravates a bad
>>
>>situation further.  I can 
>>
>>>imagine a sandblasting/grinding followed by
>>
>>tremendous washing and soaking 
>>
>>>if you can do it, wouldn't get most of the calcium
>>
>>salt washed out of the 
>>
>>>pores.  If after doing all that completely sealing
>>
>>out oxygen on both 
>>
>>>sides of the rim (to keep the oxygen away from the
>>
>>iron) using vinyl wash 
>>
>>>or phosphate treatment, priming, and painting would
>>
>>be the limits I would 
>>
>>>go to before buying new rims.
>>>FWIW,
>>>Steve
>>>
>>>Chris C <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>howdy all,
>>>
>>>I have two tractors (4 rear wheels) that are filled
>>
>>with Calcium, I am 
>>
>>>planning on dismounting the tires, cleaning them
>>
>>out, sandblasitng the 
>>
>>>wheels, and putting new tubes in. I am wondering if
>>
>>anyone has ever used a 
>>
>>>chemical treatment of some sort to neutralize the
>>
>>Calcium Chloride? On my 
>>
>>>JD 40 I sandblasted the rear wheels and painted
>>
>>them as well as bought new 
>>
>>>tired and tubes, now, serveral years later, I can
>>
>>see signs of the calcium 
>>
>>>causing the wheels to rust. (This tractor has been
>>
>>stored inside) Anyone 
>>
>>>have the solution to getting rid of the calcium
>>
>>once and for all?
>>
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>
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