Which cola is best? Coke? Pepsi? Faygo? How long? Do I scrub it with anything afterwards? Will this also work for flatware that might not be silverwareor that little cap on the sink that's starting to rust? I've also heard using aluminum foil like a scouring pad worksDoes it? Is it bad for the metal? What about cast iron?
I have a chihuahua, Max is the the lil rascal; he is allergic to cotton, Messes with me becuz cotton is everyday life, so I wondered is acrylic a cotton or ?
Coke was the first one I heard about, but experience showed me that any of the dark colas will workIt does a good job of loosening rust so that it can be scrubbed offI've used it on my cast iron cookware - I collect the stuff, and it's often pretty badly rusted when I get itI soak the item in cola for as little as an hour and as long as overnight, and have found that the overnight soak is bestWhen done soaking, dump the cola down the drain and get busy scrubbing the h e l l out of the itemI did have one very rusty old iron kettle that I had to repeat the process twiceI really should'a forgone the purchase of that one, but I couldn't resistAnyway, scrub the thing until the rust is gone, then dry it thoroughly and if it is an iron cookware item, you'll have to season it as if it were a new pieceVarious cookbooks devoted to cast iron cookery will tell you how to do thatIf not a cooking item, it still will need protection against renewed rustingA light coating of mineral oil may do it, or you may want to use a product such as Rust-oleumA good place to ask is at your local auto parts store or your hardware store (Ace is the place!) As for the aluminum foil - yes, it will work, but it'll demand a lot of hard work - far more than if you use the cola soak methodWhy work that hard when ya don't have to?
On the other hand, acrylic doesn't need ironing, doesn't stain like cotton, doesn't crease like cotton, doesn't shrink like cotton, doesn't fade like cottonThe best option is a cotton/synthetic mix.
