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Offline fatercat

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removeing rust
« on: July 12, 2010, 04:24:19 PM »
whats the best way to remove a few very small specs of rust? or just oil them good and leave them alone?

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Re: removeing rust
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2010, 04:45:00 PM »
Extra fine steel wool, gun oil and a little elbow grease.  ;)

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Re: removeing rust
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 05:04:31 PM »
gunbrite
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Plus they protect the metal

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Re: removeing rust
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2010, 05:10:29 PM »
Extra fine steel wool, gun oil and a little elbow grease.  ;)

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Re: removeing rust
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2010, 08:37:47 PM »
For light rust I use 0000 steel wool and WD40. It' one thing the WD40 works well at..
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Re: removeing rust
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2010, 04:50:57 PM »
If it's a small spot,rub it with a nickel coin.G66
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Re: removeing rust
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2010, 02:00:46 AM »
For light rust I use 0000 steel wool and WD40. It' one thing the WD40 works well at..

WD40 does a great job cleaning greasy, oily hands  ;D