3 Oct
2006
3 Oct
'06
5:44 p.m.
On 10/3/2006 at 11:12 AM Jay West wrote:
There are some of my racks that have large areas of a
VERY light mist of
rust. I would wipe on some naval jelly, then a few minutes later wipe it
off
with a damp rag and then a dry rag. As I said, I've never seen it take off
paint although I guess that's possible.
Naval Jelly does have silica in it as a polishing agent. But you could
remove that light rust with a solution of phosphoric acid (or a can of Coke
for that matter).
Some old-time remedies are vinegar; another is soaking the part in molasses
(treacle for the UK crowd). Yuck!
Cheers,
Chuck