ShadowMan
Designated Grumpy Old Fart
I recently inherited a whole of shop of old tools. Most have sat unused for years due to FIL's failing health and as a result some have become pretty rusty. I started cleaning them up with a wire wheel which was taking forever, then I discovered a rust remover on a trip to Harbor Freight.....Evapo-Rust. I've used Naval Jelly before, Neverdul, SimiChrome and several different chrome and metal polishes but this new stuff Evapo-Rust is the shiits!
Apparently this stuff molecularly binds with and lifts the iron oxide (rust) off the soaking object. It's some sort of ionic thing. It's not a solvent. It won't clean anything but iron oxide of something. doesn't seem to affect painted surfaces, only rust. Frankly I didn't quite believe all the positive feedback reports I'd read, but now after several sets of various hand tools have gone through the soakings I'm amazed at the results. The longer you leave the rusty part in the solution the better the results. When you're done, just rinse off the part, wipe the oxide off with a clean rag or towel and gave the parts a quick spray of WD40 and wipe down.....Easy-Peezy!! What's really nice is it's ability to get down into all the hard to reach places where you can't get a wire wheel. I'm honestly really surprised by how well this stuff really works.
A gallon jug of this stuff runs about $25, a quart about $8. It's saved me hours and hours of wire work and polishing. Next I'm going to toss in a bunch of seriously nasty rusty bolts and nuts just to see what this stuff can do.
Worth looking into if you have a bunch of rusty stuff to clean up.
Apparently this stuff molecularly binds with and lifts the iron oxide (rust) off the soaking object. It's some sort of ionic thing. It's not a solvent. It won't clean anything but iron oxide of something. doesn't seem to affect painted surfaces, only rust. Frankly I didn't quite believe all the positive feedback reports I'd read, but now after several sets of various hand tools have gone through the soakings I'm amazed at the results. The longer you leave the rusty part in the solution the better the results. When you're done, just rinse off the part, wipe the oxide off with a clean rag or towel and gave the parts a quick spray of WD40 and wipe down.....Easy-Peezy!! What's really nice is it's ability to get down into all the hard to reach places where you can't get a wire wheel. I'm honestly really surprised by how well this stuff really works.
A gallon jug of this stuff runs about $25, a quart about $8. It's saved me hours and hours of wire work and polishing. Next I'm going to toss in a bunch of seriously nasty rusty bolts and nuts just to see what this stuff can do.
Worth looking into if you have a bunch of rusty stuff to clean up.
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