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Default removing rust from grates


"Radar" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:39:00 -0500, "AG" >
> wrote:
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> Something pretty close to magical is electrolysis. Here is a page
> (http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp) that describes how to do it.
> You just need a small battery charger, some washing soda and a
> container big enough to submerge the grates in -- say one of those
> plastic swimming pools for kids. The good thing about this technique,
> apart from not involving the elbow greese, is that it will get rid of
> the rust in all those hard-to-reach places that the wire brush might
> miss. I'd think it would take maybe a couple of hours in the solution.
>



That's a nifty website. I'm printing it now, and will use the info on some
parts in the future.

Thanks,
TFM®