Jack, clorox is not hydrochloric acid, it's sodium hypochlorite in water. It's a bleaching agent, and not as powerful an oxydizer as HCL, thought more powerful than some other things sold as bleaching agents.
I've not seen it remove rust, for that I've used oxalic acid, which will remove rust, but it also damages fabric if not diluted properly, and watched carefully. Also used in leatherwork, btw.
You can get hydrochloric acid, if you want it, at pool, hardware, and garden stores. It's used to clean cement, prepping it for paint or for resurfacing driveways, and other stuff. I have used it for rust removal, building racing go-karts for my uncle. Back in the day, we used a spray bottle full of the acid direct from the bottle, and sprayed it on the welded steel cart frames, let it work, or maybe rubbed it with a wire brush if there was a lot of rust, which was pretty rare, then washed it off with hot water and a bit of soap, and then rinsed in cold water. Most places, it's labeled as Muriatic Acid, but it's not very pure hydrochloric acid. (Pure Hydrochloric Acid is as much HCL as will dissolve in pure water.)
BTW, OSHA would have had a heart attack at the way we handled the stuff then. Mask & goggles or face shield, rubber gloves & aprons, etc, highly recommended.
HTH!
Bill in OKC
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