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Tom Wesenberg · 11-14-2012, 02:22 PM

Last night I did a Google search looking for an owner's manual for my Adler 187 sewing machine. I came across this site where the guy bought a rusty Adler 187 from craigslist and removed the rust with Lime Away. It looks good from his pictures.

http://yarnhog-yarnhog.blogspot.com/...een-doing.html

mot · 11-14-2012, 06:39 PM

i believe lime away is nothing more than hydrocloric acid
same thing as muriatic acid ,except you can buy muratic acid a lot cheaper
dont know why they call it muratic acid when its just hydrocloric acid

Kevin in NJ · 11-14-2012, 07:49 PM

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I looked it up and found the following.

You can find the MSDS online: lime away msds.

This is from wikipedia:

Sulfamic acid is used as an acidic cleaning agent, sometimes pure or as a component of proprietary mixtures, typically for metals and ceramics. It is frequently used for removing rust and limescale, replacing the more volatile and irritating hydrochloric acid, which is however cheaper. It is often a component of household descaling agents, for example, Lime-A-Way Thick Gel contains up to 8% sulfamic acid and pH 2 - 2.2,[10] or detergents used for removal of limescale. When compared to most of the common strong mineral acids, Sulfamic acid has desirable water descaling properties, low volatility, low toxicity and is a water soluble solid forming soluble calcium and iron-III salts.

The question with any chemical treatments is what is left behind that might cause you problems in the future. I do not know the answer for this product.

11-14-2012, 02:22 PM	#1
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Another Rust Remover Last night I did a Google search looking for an owner's manual for my Adler 187 sewing machine. I came across this site where the guy bought a rusty Adler 187 from craigslist and removed the rust with Lime Away. It looks good from his pictures. http://yarnhog-yarnhog.blogspot.com/...een-doing.html Last edited by Tom Wesenberg; 11-14-2012 at 09:37 PM.

11-14-2012, 06:39 PM	#2
mot Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sacramento Ca Posts: 1,179	Re: Another Rust Remover i believe lime away is nothing more than hydrocloric acid same thing as muriatic acid ,except you can buy muratic acid a lot cheaper dont know why they call it muratic acid when its just hydrocloric acid

11-14-2012, 07:49 PM	#3
Kevin in NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South East NJ Posts: 3,398	Re: Another Rust Remover Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I looked it up and found the following. You can find the MSDS online: lime away msds. This is from wikipedia: Sulfamic acid is used as an acidic cleaning agent, sometimes pure or as a component of proprietary mixtures, typically for metals and ceramics. It is frequently used for removing rust and limescale, replacing the more volatile and irritating hydrochloric acid, which is however cheaper. It is often a component of household descaling agents, for example, Lime-A-Way Thick Gel contains up to 8% sulfamic acid and pH 2 - 2.2,[10] or detergents used for removal of limescale. When compared to most of the common strong mineral acids, Sulfamic acid has desirable water descaling properties, low volatility, low toxicity and is a water soluble solid forming soluble calcium and iron-III salts. The question with any chemical treatments is what is left behind that might cause you problems in the future. I do not know the answer for this product.