relodr36 said:
Dave,
Hydrochloric acid,diluted with an equal part of water,will remove rust quickly.
I'd start with 2 parts H2O(water) and one part HCl (hydrochloric).It will work fast,so work carefully.
Naval Jelly (not from your bellybutton but,sold commercially) will also do it.
If you use a chemical,wear glasses,do it outside,and oil the blade after finishing as it will be very prone to rusting when cleaned with a chemical.
Ron
Toby,
You're correct in repeating the warnings,even though the above was included in post #20.
In this age of lack of personal responsibility and lawsuits-at-the drop-of-a-hat,I sometimes wonder how we old geezers survived during our misspent younger days!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they
carried us.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs and all of the interior walls of our house were covered with bright colored
lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took
hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick-up was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose or a spring and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE
actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but
we weren't overweight because we played hard and had physical chores to do daily.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were backbefore it got dark.
We didn't have our own cell-phone so nobody was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no
99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell
phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat
rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.
We were given BB guns for our 8th birthdays and we had BB gun battles all the time,with the rule that you weren't allowed to shoot at the face.
We were given a .22 rifle on our 12th birthday and used them responsibly or they would be taken away.
Those of us that had traplines to check on theway to school,carried our .22's and stored them in the cloakroom during class.
Every kid carried a knife - ALL THE TIME!
We even carried SWItCHBLADES until we found out they wouldn't take the abuse that a folder would.
We played with slingshots,blowguns,etc. and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out any eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to school if it was less than a couple miles away instead of having a school bus stop at every house to pick us up.
Our sports teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't
had to learn to deal with disappointment.
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They
actually sided with the law!
We had freedom, failure, success and
responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!
Ron
