[zithlord]

An acid pickle, just before plating, takes care of any minute rust.

I read the above in another tread. Can I use muriatic acid to remove rust?(small spots/pits left over after whireweel) I have bought 1 liters of 30% muriatic acid. At what ratios do I mix this acid with water to make a bath to dip the part in and for how long? any scrubbing before the DPdegreaser? Do I just rince the parts in water afterwords and then dip in DPdegreaser? Any heat?

If I want to remove zink or cadmium at what mix do I use the muriatic acid?

I am going to use 3% battery acid in the yellow chromate solution. My manual said nothing about haviong to mix the water and chromate crystals with acid for it to work!! But I sent a mail to Cadwell and they told me to use batery acid.

Thanks for all the valuable help at this forum!!

John