**What is the best rust remover?**

Flitz, MAAS, and Happich will all remove rust from blued and satin finished metal. Corrosion X will remove light rust from bead blasted finishes.
 
Do you have a Dremel tool, or know somebody that does? Put a felt tip on it and use some metal polish. That should get rust off. I use Flitz along with the Dremel tool to get rust off of polished, satin, and blasted finishes. Just hand polishing doesn't seem to do as well.

David
 
I use a good quality chrome polish for VERY light rust and a good gun polish for the deeper rust spots. The gun cleaner is quite abrasive, so be careful.

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A precision machinist suggested that I try a pencil eraser. If that didn't work, then a more abrasive pen eraser. I tested the suggestion on a Ryan Model 7 with light rust spots on the blade and it worked pretty well.

DPD
 
Doesn't someone sell a product called "Rust Eraser" or something of the sort? Is it AG Russell? Anyone ever tried that?

Clayton, is Corrosion X a product easy to find?

TIA,

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I can find rust erasers in my local hardware store. AG Russell also sells them, also good to clean your ceramic stones. A caution though: these things are abbrasive, meaning you can scratch that lovely finish off your blades. Otherwise they work as advertised. So you really have to pay attention to DPD's suggestion (going from finer to coarser erasers).
 
For tougher applications try
http://www.sandflex.com/
Very good to clean and polish metal. I usually use these blocks to bring bead blasted blades (and the handle of my Sebenza) to a nice satin finish. Highly recommended!
 
I like chemical rust removers, if you want to remove the rust without removing adjacent metal also.

Look for any metal polish that list 'oxalic acid' as an ingredient. This stuff will combine with oxides (rust) without attacking the surrounding metal.

I use 'Tarnite'. I bought a 9-ounce tin of this stuff 10 years ago, which is a lifetime supply for most folks.
 
I had heard that CLR does the trick rather well, and I purchased some, but have not got to the machete, yet.

Have also heard that naval jelly works, but no experience.

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My father has worked for THE major utility company in my area for some 30 yrs, most of which he spent in one way shape or form as a CHEMICAL/HAZ MAT specialist...

The BEST thing they found, was an automotive product, that can be dunked into, sprayed on, or brushed on. GUNK Automotive Rust Rmvr and DeGrsr. Comes in like a gallon paint can, with a cage for dunking nuts and bolts and stuff in. I used this to totally re-work a beat-up G2 Police Model, and it worked AWESOME!!!

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Hey Gangelo, where can you get GUNK Automotive Rust Rmvr and DeGrsr gallon paint can? Is it available at auto repair stores. I never have seen it at the auto stores here.
 
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