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Clean Up Rusty Tools With Water
I had some old tools turn rusty while stored in a barn basement, so I dropped them in a tub of water. A few days later I fished them out and scrubbed off the rust using a steel brush under running water. When they dried off, there was some light rust remaining in the pitted metal, but I wiped them down with a light coat of oil, and they were rust free.
  A couple years ago, I found some old rollers for a sliding barn door. They had been buried in dirt under a collapsing building, likely for years. I rinsed them off, but they were frozen solid with rust. I gave them the water treatment, and a few days later the rollers were freed up and ran as smooth as new.
  If you’ve got a problem with rust, try plain water before spending hours with a wire wheel, sander or rust removal chemicals.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Ruen, 33750 Forster Rd., La Crescent, Minn. 55947 (ph 507 895-2229; farmshowjim@gmail.com).



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2019 - Volume #43, Issue #1