weirdjim
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I'm not telling you to use this on your aircraft, but if you have a tool that has seen some abuse (like these longnose that fell out of my pocket into the rose garden and stayed there all winter) then here is a good rust remover.
One third acetone, one third automatic transmission fluid, and one third Marvel Oil. Soak the tool for an hour or for a week depending on the depth of the rust, then use a paint removing "brillo pad" type (green nylon) scrubbing pad to take off the softened rust.
Here are before and afters.
The Marvel oil is only there to lubricate the mechanism and keep it from rusting again (and the acetone makes sure that the lube gets into the tiny crevices). The actual rust softener is the ATF.
Jim
One third acetone, one third automatic transmission fluid, and one third Marvel Oil. Soak the tool for an hour or for a week depending on the depth of the rust, then use a paint removing "brillo pad" type (green nylon) scrubbing pad to take off the softened rust.
Here are before and afters.
The Marvel oil is only there to lubricate the mechanism and keep it from rusting again (and the acetone makes sure that the lube gets into the tiny crevices). The actual rust softener is the ATF.
Jim
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