How To Remove Bike Rust With Lemon Juice

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How To Remove Bike Rust With Lemon Juice

How To Remove Bike Rust With Lemon Juice This guide will walk you through the steps needed to remove the rust off bicycle brakes.

Written By: Eric Robinson

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How To Remove Bike Rust With Lemon Juice

INTRODUCTION This step-by-step guide will provide the user with a quick and easy way to remove that unappealing rust that builds up on exposed metal parts on bicycle brakes. Unwanted rust can inhibit the proper function of your brakes. This guide can be used on a variety of bike brakes which has exposed metal parts and is susceptible to rust.

TOOLS:

PARTS:

Steel Wool, Lime Juice, Paper Towels, Latex Gloves (1)

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Rusty Bicycle Brakes (1)

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How To Remove Bike Rust With Lemon Juice

Step 1 — How To Remove Bike Rust With Lemon Juice



Put on Latex gloves

Step 2 

Generously apply the lime juice onto steel wool

 Keep the lime juice out of eyes and any open wounds due to the acidic qualities of the lime juice

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How To Remove Bike Rust With Lemon Juice

Step 3



Vigorously rub the steel wool with lime juice on the rusty parts of the brakes

Step 4 

Wipe off the excess lime juice and the removed rust particles with paper towels to make your bike brakes look as good as new!

After the user has completed these 4 simple steps, the exposed metal parts should be free of rust and ready to use. Repeat these steps for any other rusty metal parts of bicycle brakes. This document was last generated on 2017-06-16 07:06:34 PM.

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