19 Jan
2009
19 Jan
'09
1:28 p.m.
On Sunday 18 January 2009 11:23:42 pm Mike Loewen wrote:
I'm in the process of rejuvenating an IBM
model 29 keypunch, and a
couple of areas have some sort of oxidation on them. The card drum is the
worst:
http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/CardDrum.jpg
The steel parts are fine, but the rest has a white material over most
of it. I'm not sure what sort of metal it is, looks a bit dark for
aluminum but the white material looks similar to aluminum oxidation.
I'll bet that stuff's galvanized (zinc-plated).
What's a good approach to cleaning it up?
Steel wool?
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