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Hit-n-Miss
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by Hit-n-Miss » August 17th, 2008, 4:03 pm
Thanks to my beautiful wife who is a genius. I have a handy tip on how to remove those pesky rust stains. First here is a before picture.
You take baking soda and lemon juice and mix together to scrub the area. It will foam when it mixes.
I used a tooth brush to scrub around the fittings with. It will take a little elbow grease but I did all the stains in thirty minutes. Simply rinse off the residue and your done.
And no harsh chemicles needed.
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by Flint River Pirate » August 17th, 2008, 4:14 pm
Wow! Good idea, and that is a safe cleaner for the environment. (That makes me sound like a tree hugger, but it's true)
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by birddog » August 17th, 2008, 4:30 pm
Sweet! Great tip.
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Hit-n-Miss
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by Hit-n-Miss » August 17th, 2008, 5:32 pm
Also it helps to dip the toothbrush in the baking soda pour on a few drops of lemon juice onto the toothbrush then scrub the spot.
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by ak man » August 20th, 2008, 9:47 am
great tip, thanks for posting, I'll try it tonight
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by Sir reel » August 20th, 2008, 9:52 am
Good tip indeed. The same mixture will work to clean dirty/corroded battery terminals as well. Let her bubble for a while till it quits then rinse with water. If lemon juice isn't available vinegar can be used.
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by RHTFISH » August 20th, 2008, 11:31 am
Baking soda and Coke works also.
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by silverking » August 21st, 2008, 7:34 pm
Hit-n-Miss,
Tell your clever wife she's famous. I used her suggestion as the basis for my latest blog.
You can read it at
http://www.saltwatersportsman.com/artic ... 1000063768 " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It's called Dock Buzz and I'm now in the weekly posting mode.
Thanks for posting the tip originally. I'm sure our readers will appreciate it.
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by Dubble Trubble » August 21st, 2008, 8:12 pm
silverking wrote: Hit-n-Miss,
Tell your clever wife she's famous. I used her suggestion as the basis for my latest blog.
You can read it at
http://www.saltwatersportsman.com/artic ... 1000063768 " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It's called Dock Buzz and I'm now in the weekly posting mode.
Thanks for posting the tip originally. I'm sure our readers will appreciate it.
Does she get the 150 bux worth of Shimano gear for that?
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Hit-n-Miss
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by Hit-n-Miss » August 22nd, 2008, 8:11 am
Hot dang new tackle.
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by silverking » August 22nd, 2008, 9:23 am
Yes, we are going to fix HnM up with gear for his tip. I'm sending him a PM.
Thanks for reading!
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by Hit-n-Miss » August 22nd, 2008, 12:35 pm
Thanks Dubble and Silverking.
I'll be running home to check the mailbox everyday.