I just finished cleaning up a box of small hand tools I found in the garage a couple of weeks ago. I used Kleen-Strip Rust Remover, it's thick like the old Naval Jelly. Easy to use and did a good job. Brushed it on, let it sit and washed it off. On the worst ones I used a wire brush and followed that with some fine steel wool and oiled them. Almost like new. The Rust Remover was just something I found in the garage, not something I bought but it was easy to use. Under the rust we saw where my husband had etched his name - they were some tools he had used in a lapidary class he taught - dating back to late 70's. The best ones are in my tool box now, LOL. I guess these are jewelers tools, it was very satisfying to clean them up - though I wouldn't want to do it very often.
for extreme rust, I use a bench grinder with a wire brush. Get's it all of and shines it up nicely.
On 9/30/2011 1:55 AM, ROSE wrote:
can someone tell me how you take the rust off older tools please thank you
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