#rust removal

[lucybellwood]

For the derusting can I ask how? I’ve bought chemicals to spray, or soak, but they were extremely ineffective for a lot of effort

I swear by a combo of a long soak in Evapo-Rust and a brisk scrub with a wire brush! (They claim no scrubbing required, but it really depends on the piece. That trivet took a lot of scrubbing.)

[vivisectedcoyote]

Okay.

Hot take...?

Dip Reca into some Coca Cola. He looks a little bit rusty....

Look at him!! He would get all silvery n whatever!!

He just needs to spend the night in some Coke to get all the rust off, he'll be fine...

[justgarb]

If you catch some old rusty armor at a decent price, this guy has developed a formula for homemade evaporust @ 4:03

For 1L of water you'll need 100g of citric acid and 63g of baking soda (what I used) and some big big squirts of liquid dish soap

I've now used a 9liter batch of this to pull rust off of cast iron pans that were stored in a barn for decades. Currently re-seasoning those pans and they look great!

Cooking the local butcher's house sausage on a newly seasoned pan. Got yelled at for smoking up the kitchen, but the pan works like a nonstick as intended. 10/10 on the home made evaporust

[sodapop--stims]

Rust Repair

for Sir Kibble Anon (gray/brown colors)

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[gremlin-project-x]

Paint time!

I got all my parts from the electrolysis bath out on the pad, wire brushed them down with my drill and a set of wire brushes, as well as my hand wire brush for the tight spots. We had some POR-15 Marine Clean degreaser concentrate left over from previous projects, and I mixed up a solution to help clean off the rust dust. I sprayed them down with the garden hose, let them dry off in the basement and got ready to paint.

This time, I have a pint can of POR-15 rust protective coating in gloss black (I thought about silver but I already had the 6-can sampler of gloss black and this stuff is expensive) and I got to painting. I am being careful to not get too much into the bushing sleeves, but I figure it's not too critical. I am trying hard to keep the paint out of the ball joint conical holes.

July 27 2022

[witchcraftingboop]

I will never be drinking Coke ever again, thank you.

[industrial-stims]

Rust removal with laser

[magicclam]

Quick update on the Philco 39-45...

There is a power light in the front of the cabinet, held in place by this corroded metal bracket. Spent some time Thursday afternoon de-soldering it and getting the corrosion off. Fortunately the metal was in good shape underneath all that crud.

Hopefully will be doing more on this radio today...