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   Sphere | Feb 07, 2007 05:31pm | #1

   Depends on the tool. A beltsander is my first choice most of the time. Or an abrasive buffing wheel.

   What ya referring to?

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   DanH | Feb 07, 2007 07:01pm | #2

   Dekswood deck cleaner. (Really)

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   saulgood | Feb 07, 2007 08:44pm | #3

   wire wheel on a bench grinder is the fastest.

   For a science project though, google "electrolysis" (sp?). Not the hair removal procedure, but the process by which you can convert oxidation on ferrous metals using a bath of baking soda, a plastic tub, a "sacrificial" steel grid and a battery charger. It takes a little while, but you don't lose any material like you do by grinding. I've tried it, and it works.

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   Piffin | Feb 07, 2007 09:13pm | #4

   just a little glaze - white vinegar

   heavier - naval jelly

   almost any acid will help - strength depends on how deep the rust.

    

    

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   Sphere | Feb 07, 2007 10:12pm | #5

   CAn I substitute naval fuzz if I don't have naval jelly?

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   Piffin | Feb 07, 2007 10:26pm | #6

   use that for buffing later when it's time to oil things back up again 

    

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   Sphere | Feb 07, 2007 10:32pm | #7

   I been saving it up in  peanut jar just for such an occaision.

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   johng45 | Feb 07, 2007 11:00pm | #8

   Big:

   See thread 34240.1 over on Knots for a recent discussion of rust removal.

   Some of the posters extolled the virtues of a product called EvapoRust.

   Google EvapoRust and see if this stuff fits your needs.

   JohnG

   
   

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   Edited 2/7/2007 3:02 pm ET by johng45

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   barmil | Feb 08, 2007 05:49am | #10

   The better question is how did the tools get rusty? Oh, you bought them at a garage sale, okay. MY tools have no rust.

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   BrianWI | Feb 08, 2007 11:21pm | #11

   hope this question is not for the plumbers

    

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   JohnSprung | Feb 08, 2007 01:44am | #9

   Chesterton Rust Converter -- turns the red oxide into blue-black oxide.  Wire brush the loose stuff off first. 

    

    

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