Molasses Bath To De-Rust Engine Block.

[ceejay]

Hi Guys.

Some may have tried this, others may not have.
Molasses is cheap and effective way to remove rust and crud from all nooks
and crannies in the engine block, you might like to read/learn more>>
http://elantrikbits.com/lotus-elan-blog/molasses-bath-engine-de-rust
Ceejay.

[billwill]

I'm not sure that we can get molasses in the UK.

[ceejay]

Bill, try a rural stock feed supplier, I'm sure they will have it. Here in OZ molasses is as cheap as chips, it is a by product of sugar refining, and when you are finished with it dilute it down like tea and spread it on your vegie patch as it is wonderful liquid fertilizer.... and that's no BS....if you get what I mean.
If you cant find a small container of the stuff, make friends with a horse owner, they use molasses all the time in horse feed mix, as do cattle farmers etc etc.
Col

[c42]

Nor sure how much you need but try this link for a start.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_ ... Caps%2C976

Regards
John

[billwill]

I think buying half-a-barrel in those half-pint jars might be a tad expennnnnnsive.

I'm inclined to think that a bottle of phosphoric rust remover in a half barrel of water might be just as effective.

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These people:
http://molassesfeed.com/smallpurchasespage.aspx
think a small order is 1000 litres weighing 1.5 tonnes.

[holywood3645]

Bill, Its called Treacle in the UK

James

[ceejay]

Mmm, you might put treacle or Golden Syrup on your pancakes, but I wouldn't put feed grade molasses on my pancakes and eat them....it is much much stronger and unrefined stuff I think, but you could try it, I could be wrong.
Ceejay

[rgh0]

For my sins I spent the last 10 years in the sugar refining business. Golden syrup, treacle and food grade molasses are all blends of various syrups produced during the refining process. They are blended to achieve a taste profile

Feed grade molasses is the final residue of the sugar raw sugar production and refined sugar production process and has a very high level of non sugar mineral contaminants including the phosphoric acid that cleans the block. Whole sale price in Australia was around $200 to $300 per tonne. It is typically blended with grains and other material to make animal feed cake and is certainly to bitter and acidic to eat yourself

cheers
Rohan

[ceejay]

Thank you Rohan for your knowledgeable input. This stuff really works on old cyl blocks, slow yes, but for just a few bucks for 2.5 litres of raw feed grade molasses to mix with water, you cant go wrong.
Col.

[Chancer]

For my sins I spent the last 10 years in the sugar refining business.
Feed grade molasses is the final residue of the sugar raw sugar production and refined sugar production process and has a very high level of non sugar mineral contaminants including the phosphoric acid that cleans the block.
Rohan

I live in the middle of a large agricultural region where sugar beet (betterave) is the main crop and we have many sugar refineries around, are molasses a by product of sugar production from sugar beet?

[ceejay]

Not sure, here in OZ it is the end product of refining of sugar from the sugar cane plant.

[AHM]

Bill,

You can get Molasses as "Molasses" in agricultural supply places in the UK.

There are lots of Agricultural places.... but they aren't in towns

[rgh0]

For my sins I spent the last 10 years in the sugar refining business.
Feed grade molasses is the final residue of the sugar raw sugar production and refined sugar production process and has a very high level of non sugar mineral contaminants including the phosphoric acid that cleans the block.
Rohan

I live in the middle of a large agricultural region where sugar beet (betterave) is the main crop and we have many sugar refineries around, are molasses a by product of sugar production from sugar beet?

Yes
Molasses is the end residue from sugar production in a beet factory also. I don't know the chemical composition of beet molasses compared to cane molasses but it should be similar, however the residual minerals will vary and you may need to check that it has a similar level of the phosphorous that does the metal cleaning

cheers
Rohan

[elanner]

People around here are still bit jumpy about molasses......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster

Nick

[ceejay]

Fear not folks, we are only talking about 2.5 litres of molasses mixed into about 30-40 litres of water....absolutely bloody harmless, just keep it simple.
Col.