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   SEBDESN | Aug 23, 2004 07:24pm | #1

   Try this, I have not, but clockies swear by it....

   http://www.bhi.co.uk/hints/rust.htm

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   HarryHunter | Aug 23, 2004 09:33pm | #3

   Thanks for the response. I have printed out the article.

   Harry Hunter

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   BarryR | Aug 23, 2004 08:36pm | #2

   Look here: http://www.woodmangler.com/Derusting/electrolytic%20derusting.html

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   nikkiwood | Aug 23, 2004 11:28pm | #4

   You might try digging around in threads from a couple of weeks ago in which this rust issue was hashed around. I believe it was "jackplane" who discussed using electrolysis to remove rust from plane irons.

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   stancalow | Aug 24, 2004 02:45am | #5

   HarryHunter

   I don't have a link for you, but I can say it works.  Especially if the tool has rust over a large area.  However, it doesn't necessarily make a nice smooth, shiny surface.  It can still be black and pitted, so needs more attention.   Also, the new coating of iron that gets put on it is quickly oxidized back to rust, so you have to put a protective coating on it right away.  I used WD-40. 

   Make sure the sacrificial metal piece has a large surface area (not a rod) or it will take forever. 

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   HarryHunter | Aug 24, 2004 03:26am | #6

   Thanks!

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   Michmesquite | Aug 25, 2004 02:24am | #7

   I'll echo stantheman's comments.

   I found it especially useful for the smaller parts, like the frog or cam-lock._________________________________

   Michael in San Jose

   "In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted." Bertrand Russell