Cleaning rusty screws. Tumbler?

[Milky]

Right, these are the braces that you would screw the levellers into on my Turbo Outrun. The 2 on the left were left overnight in apple cider vinegar and just a quick scrub with a toothbrush. Not bad really but I want to hit them with some metal polish and then see how they buff up. Pretty cool for no effort though so bolts and screws should come up a treat

 

[silverfox0786]

told you apple cider vinger is the bomb on rust

even rusted pliers that wont open anymore will get renewed and start working again

 

[Milky]

Definitely! Makes coca cola about as useful as water.

 

[Purity]

Where did you buy it Milky? I have a ton of screws to sort out

 

[silverfox0786]

Search for Chicken Licken Apple Cider Vinegar

I buy that one as im keep chicken and it is actually used for feeding to chicken

 

[Purity]

I would be slightly embarrased typing "Chicken Licken" into google

 

[silverfox0786]

ok go to this website

I buy from her

http://www.happychicks.co.uk/apple-cider-vinegar-1l-115-p.asp

one more thing always use a plastic container as it eats away at metal and is very dangerous to humans if used inside a galvanised container or even used on galv as it causes the galv to melt and the fumes are poisonous silverfox07862014-04-14 21:16:22

 

[Purity]

I normal put screws in a glass container, so should be fine

 

[Milky]

Where did you buy it Milky? I have a ton of screws to sort out

I got some weird looks buying vinegar, tuppaware and cheap toothbrushes

£1.15

 

[silverfox0786]

cool you should be ok then



if you call up and buy or collect as she is in Lancashire

just say sarj refered you as im well known and a regular customer there

the chicken licken one is far stronger and a more pureer form than the Sainsbury one. the Sainsbury one is refined pasteurised and dulled down

the chicken ine in non pasteurised, alive and a much stronger concentrate silverfox07862014-04-14 21:20:27

 

[TonyElyod]

I DRINK THAT STUFF IT'S WELL CHEAPER THAN THE WHITE LIGHTNING !!

 

[Purity]

I think I've got a fairly decent method now of cleaning up screws and it is kind of a combination of what has been said here.

Firstly
I soak the screws in a plastic container - you can use whatever you
want - apple cider vinegar, I just used white vinegar

Then rinse the screws with water, and let them dry off

Next
step is to get the heads nice and shiny. I took on-board what bbz149 said
and put the screw into a drill and buried the head of the screw into
different levels of steel wool. Firstly coarse, medium then fine. By
this time the heads are already looking pretty decent.

REMEMBER TO USE GOGGLES AND GLOVES!

Next
up I kept the screw in the drill and used a small steel/brass brush on a
dremel to go inside the head of the screw and clean that up. I also
used a bit of polish compound to get it really shiny.

With the
screw still in the drill I used the stee/brass brush all over the thread and
underneath the head of the screw. I then took the screw out of the
drill to do the other end whilst it was in my hands - be careful doing
this.

For washers or similar I used a steel/brass wheel, and
pinned the washer to a piece of wood so that it would freely rotate and
then let the wheel pass over it. Once one side is done, turn it over
and do the next.

It takes a bit of time but I was happy with the results. Here's a before and after pic. This was a washer that I didn't really spend much time on either:

It's worthwhile putting some lacquer or similar on them after

If you guys have got any better methods or prefer different choices of dremel tools I'd be interested to know

Purity2014-04-24 19:03:03

 

[phillv85]

That's come out well there Ben