Thread: Rust on chisels

They seem to have little or no pitting. Try polishing them with crocus cloth (very fine purple grit). For protection, considering spraying with WD-40, or rub with wax, e.g. candle.

Joe

Yes to crocus paper or jewellers rouge.

NO!!! to WD40. It is a water DISPLACER - once it evaporates, the water is back & rust starts allover again. Use one of the lanolin based anti-rust treatments, or 'Ballistol' (I got mine from Mitre10) or Boe-sheild (if you can find it - try engineering suppliers like Blackwoods)

Buff the rust off, resharpen or hone them 'cos the buff will dull the edge.
The rub some Trad Wax on them.
WD40 won't last.
Lanoline goes tacky but will last if you are not using them often.

Use one of the lanolin based anti-rust treatments

Seconded.
I like the tackyness that Cliff pointed out... I wipe it off prior to use and think the tacky layer shows its got a good coat. The lanolin in a spray can (lanotec??) is quick, easy and through.
I wouldn't mind blueing my tools, but it seems like a fiddly job and expensive for a 'once off'.

The 'sheep in a spray-can' works, I have it spayed alls over my machines, I have just changed over to the wax on my hand tools 'cos I don't like the sticky tacky finish.
I use Lanoguard.

a good way to get rust off is to make a citric acid sollution. Just a coffee jar of water with say a tea spoon of citric acid in it. You get citric acid in the baking section of your supermarket.

Leave it overnight and it will really get the rust off. This is a good one too if you are restoring old tools

Studley

Originally Posted by Studley 2436

a good way to get rust off is to make a citric acid sollution. Just a coffee jar of water with say a tea spoon of citric acid in it. You get citric acid in the baking section of your supermarket.

Leave it overnight and it will really get the rust off. This is a good one too if you are restoring old tools

Studley

Even cheaper is vinegar which is also a mild acid like citric acid, also available in the supermarket - use the cheapest No Names brand and leave the rusted item in a bath of it overnight.

Not having a go at you Cliff... ... just pointing out that what one person dislikes another likes, for other reasons.
Wax is probably more practical for tools if you are using them more often than I do.

Doesn't really matter what is used though, I reckon everyone hates rust :mad: , and you'd have a rough time of it up in FNQR.... dripping sweat on them and with the humidity!

Originally Posted by jmk89

Even cheaper is vinegar which is also a mild acid like citric acid, also available in the supermarket - use the cheapest No Names brand and leave the rusted item in a bath of it overnight.

SO what you are saying is that you are a real skinflint?

Studley

Originally Posted by Studley 2436

SO what you are saying is that you are a real skinflint?

Studley

The use of vinegar has been used to clean scuba diving equipment from the start. Used in the servicing of hoses and valves we use a silicone grease or spray to keep o rings and threads clean from rust and corrosion

Originally Posted by Clinton1

Not having a go at you Cliff... ... just pointing out that what one person dislikes another likes, for other reasons.
...!

That's cool, I could have said it all in my first post but I was too lazy to type it again.

I don't burr up at others having different opinons, just people who put sheyet on others if their opinions are different.

Originally Posted by Studley 2436

SO what you are saying is that you are a real skinflint?

Studley

No, just that if I save money on this sort of stuff (which I also use to:

1. clean off epoxy from my hands; and
2. dissolve aliphatic glue joints that weren't quite right)

I can spend it on wood and TOOLS.

Besides why buy the best balsamic vinegar if all you want is a mild acid, not something that you are going to eat - tools and wood don't have taste buds, even if the wood does talk.....

much the same JMK

Mind you the citric isn't expensive either. Buck or so for a little container that mixes up with lots of water

Studley

Thank to all for the suggestions.