i picked up 7 knives and this one cleaver to sharpen today for a customer of mine from the farmers fare.
as u can see, it has rust build up there and there - not heavey, but still there.
what would be your best suggestions/comments on how to best remove all the rust and clean it up.
thanks
max
Steel wool and oil. Also Dual Etch is excelent for rust removal.
http://apps.sherwin-automotive.com/products/show_product.cfm?product=W4K263
AELT
i could not find the stuff you recommended, so a guy said try some Navy Jelly - Rust Dissolver - made by Loctite - two coats @ 10 mins. each and steel wool…med and ext fine.
thanks for the tip - it cleaned up pretty nice and is now pretty sharp.
Wow! Looks great, big difference!
Am sure your customer will be pleased.
Wow! What a difference! Do you have a link for that product, Tuf?
Personally I use sandpaper for rust removal (1000-2500 grit), but this looks much better.
Anyone ever tried coca cola?
Found it: http://www.amazon.com/Henkel-553472-Loctite-Dissolver-16-Ounce/dp/B000C016OC
Still interested in whether people have experience with simple home products like coca cola.
Mythbusters (do you get that show? On the net if you don’t) busted the coca-cola myth… didn’t clean off rust. :dry:
If it’s on TV, it has to be true. :lol:
[quote quote=“tuffybraithwaite” post=11578]AELT
i could not find the stuff you recommended, so a guy said try some Navy Jelly - Rust Dissolver - made by Loctite - two coats @ 10 mins. each and steel wool…med and ext fine.
thanks for the tip - it cleaned up pretty nice and is now pretty sharp.[/quote]
Looks like it cleaned up great. Thanks for the info!
Really? Did they? Unfortunately we don’t get many of the cultural expressions from the States over here. But we do get Adam and Jamie.
I always keep naval jelly handy, it’s inexpensive and will pretty much get rid of anything down to bare metal. Just remember it’ll remove almost anything, including some coloring and surface finishes! Keeping different types of abrasives handy is a good idea, 0000 steel wool is the most gentle for light rust removal but scotch-brite pads or rougher steel wool, brass wool and other products give different results for different jobs.
Looks great! 
Really??
Who or what is Adam and Jamie??
Shows how much TV I watch…
Other then the Science Channel and local news…
NOT much.:woohoo:
Really? Did they? Unfortunately we don’t get many of the cultural expressions from the States over here. But we do get Adam and Jamie.[/quote]
Mythbusters. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. A great tv series from Discovery Channel. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters
Which science channel do you watch? Over here we’ve only got Discovery Science. And that sucks IMHO. Science is not (usually) about gadgets and fast-faster-fastest, but about slow things that are quite boring unless you look closely - like sharpening.
[quote quote=“PhilipPasteur” post=11609]Really??
Who or what is Adam and Jamie??
Shows how much TV I watch…
Other then the Science Channel and local news…
NOT much.:woohoo: [/quote]
June 12, at 7 is the next episode (check your local listings).
Looks like they’ll be testing the effects of leather stropping on knives. :silly:
(Ok… they’re testing hypermiling.) [sub]Google is your friend[/sub]
I’ll block your acct. during that time, so you can watch it without distractions. :lol:
:lol: :lol: The mods here do everything that’s good for you.
[quote quote=“mark76” post=11615]Mythbusters. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. A great tv series from Discovery Channel. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters
Which science channel do you watch? Over here we’ve only got Discovery Science. And that sucks IMHO. Science is not (usually) about gadgets and fast-faster-fastest, but about slow things that are quite boring unless you look closely - like sharpening.[/quote]
They do lots of repeats, though the first time around the series called “How it Made” is very interesting. I like the "Through the Wormhole series with Morgan Freeman.
Then there is the Military Channel…
http://military.discovery.com/
I have gotten into some of their series if I am bored.
I have watched some of the Mythbusters stuff…
I used to use coca cola on rusted chrome bumpers on cars. I swear it worked… but maybe that was as much the rubbing I did to take it off as the solvent properties of Coke…
Cleaning chrome was actually confirmed… did better than the chrome polish.
Mythbusters: Uses for Coke
See? You need to watch… :whistle:
[quote quote=“PhilipPasteur” post=11620]http://science.discovery.com/
They do lots of repeats, though the first time around the series called “How it Made” is very interesting. I like the "Through the Wormhole series with Morgan Freeman.[/quote]
Yeah, I also like “how it made”. I’ve never seen Morgan Freeman on discovery, but he’s a truely great scientist. Horse category (don’t pronounce it as animal horse - its French :lol: ). Have you got a link for me for shows I can watch online?
[quote]Then there is the Military Channel…
http://military.discovery.com/
I have gotten into some of their series if I am bored.[/quote]
They don’t show that over here, probably because that’s a bit sensitive here. I’m gonna watch it.
I’ve a great straight razor. Only it has some rust. Will put it in coca cola and let you know the results.
http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/through-the-wormhole
Morgan Freeman
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000151/bio
They also have shows on the planets, Wonders of the universe, SciFi Science etc. These are the shows that I look for.
http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/how-the-universe-works
http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/sci-fi-science
http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/wonders-with-brian-cox
Military Channel has some pretty good series. The Greatest Tank Battles is one that I like. The they have series about the evolution of the warplane, handguns, machine guns. Saturday night they usually play classic Hollywood style war movies with commentary by some Military person. I end up there when I want to watch some TV and nothing else interests me… though I have planned to watch some of the movies.
http://military.discovery.com/tv-shows/an-officer-and-a-movie
http://military.discovery.com/tv-shows/great-planes
http://military.discovery.com/tv-shows/greatest-tank-battles
http://military.discovery.com/tv-shows/warplane
Take a look around the sites, all of that is linked from the home pages that I posted originally. You may find something of interest.
For future reference, I have had good results on surface rust like that just using a scotchbrite pad and WD-40, or as someone said, steel wool, together with WD40. If you want to polish it rather than just removing rust, you can start with ~800 grit paper and work out to finer grits. But a cleaver like that is probably left with a brushed looking finish anyway, and the issue is moot at this point.
Regarding rust removal on tools and such, there is the electrolysis school of thought and here is one thread working on garagejournal.com to build a large one, although there are numerous versions on the net
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=202906
and here is another interesting thread on salt and vinegar
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203018&highlight=salt
Rgds,
