Anyone Use Naval Jelly For Removing Rust?

Glory be! An amazing resurrection story to coincide with Easter! It is a shame that the original patina was removed in the process, but the results are amazing!
 
I haven't heard Naval jelly mentioned in probably 30 plus years. I have often remembered using it on various tools as a kid to great results. I haven't seen any in probably 40 years. I can still remember that smell. I had wondered I while back if it was still produced but figured the EPA outlawed it because of some chemical content. Is it still available and where might somebody find it? I guess Google is my friend!!! I will have to check it out. Looks like it did a fine job on that knife.
 
herder said:
I had always heard that naval jelly was good for removing rust, but had never tried it. So, I soaked this old relic of a knife in a small bowl of naval jelly for 48 hours. After wiping away the residue with a soft cloth, I was amazed at the results.

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That looks like it even added a pivot pin for the backspring! Incredible!
 
I use it with Naval Peanut Butter to make sammiches. Never tried it on a knife before.


*That's a joke, kids. Naval Jelly is comprised of powerful acids and other hazardous chemicals and is deadly to eat, and bad to get on your skin for that matter.
 
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Thank you for that 'easter egg'
Looks like the yolks on us
And to think I was considering shelling out for some naval jelly.:rolleyes::thumbsup:
 
I actually sometimes use naval jelly on axes I restore. It does a decent job of dissolving rust but is slow and messy.
 
herder said:
I had always heard that naval jelly was good for removing rust, but had never tried it. So, I soaked this old relic of a knife in a small bowl of naval jelly for 48 hours. After wiping away the residue with a soft cloth, I was amazed at the results.

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That was a good one Sir !!! I suspected something and I then started looking at the knife. It was even taking RUST off of Brass Pins ??? Gave me an internal chuckle though and I really enjoyed it . Thank you my friend.

Harry
 
Lostball said:
I haven't heard Naval jelly mentioned in probably 30 plus years. I have often remembered using it on various tools as a kid to great results. I haven't seen any in probably 40 years. I can still remember that smell. I had wondered I while back if it was still produced but figured the EPA outlawed it because of some chemical content. Is it still available and where might somebody find it? I guess Google is my friend!!! I will have to check it out. Looks like it did a fine job on that knife.
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Doh!!!! I have been had again:eek:
 
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