Re: [Fot] Tumble cleaning - then treating the hardware?

[carl stenquist <cmstenquist@gmail.com>]

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Scott,
Eastwood sells a zinc plating kit.  We used it for some under hood brackets
on the Datsun project we did about 6 years ago and the plating seems to
hold up pretty good.  Hood latch bracket, throttle linkage and other small
items.  It was simple to use, battery operated.
Carl

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:32 AM Scott Janzen <sjanzen@me.com> wrote:

> I=E2=80=99ve been cleaning and de-rusting hardware recently too.  Usually=
 just
> using a wire wheel.  Problem is, now what? I want to put these back on th=
e
> car (this is the old Chevy, not a race car, so I=E2=80=99m not worried ab=
out the
> age and stress issues).  I don=E2=80=99t want to send them out for platin=
g or black
> oxide, and it=E2=80=99s a small handful of hardware at a time.
>
> Are there any reasonably good home treatments to keep this stuff from
> re-rusting?  Coatings, paint, home oxidizing?
>
> Scott
> =E2=80=9968 GT6
> =E2=80=9969 TR6
> =E2=80=9963 TR4
>
> On Jun 4, 2020, at 9:48 AM, Tom Householder <trhouse@columbus.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
> Why I never thought of this before is beyond me.!!!
>
> Pineapple juice can with some sand and small parts sealed up with some
> duck tape and wrapped in a blanket. put in the dryer with a half load of
> clothes  and tumble clean on air dry rusty bits.  1 to 2 hours works grea=
t.
>
> <blanket.jpg>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Scott,</div><div>Eastwood sells a zinc plating kit.=
=C2=A0 We used it for some under hood brackets on the Datsun project we did=
 about 6 years ago and the plating seems to hold up pretty good.=C2=A0 Hood=
 latch bracket, throttle linkage and other small items.=C2=A0 It was simple=
 to use, battery operated.</div><div>Carl</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmai=
l_quote"><div class=3D"gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 10:32=
 AM Scott Janzen &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sjanzen@me.com";>sjanzen@me.com</a>&g=
t; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0p=
x 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left=
-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word=
;">I=E2=80=99ve been cleaning and de-rusting hardware recently too.=C2=A0 U=
sually just using a wire wheel.=C2=A0 Problem is, now what? I want to put t=
hese back on the car (this is the old Chevy, not a race car, so I=E2=80=99m=
 not worried about the age and stress issues).=C2=A0 I don=E2=80=99t want t=
o send them out for plating or black oxide, and it=E2=80=99s a small handfu=
l of hardware at a time.<div><br></div><div>Are there any reasonably good h=
ome treatments to keep this stuff from re-rusting?=C2=A0 Coatings, paint, h=
ome oxidizing?</div><div><br></div><div>Scott</div><div>=E2=80=9968 GT6</di=
v><div>=E2=80=9969 TR6</div><div>=E2=80=9963 TR4<br><div><br><div>On Jun 4,=
 2020, at 9:48 AM, Tom Householder &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:trhouse@columbus.r=
r.com" target=3D"_blank">trhouse@columbus.rr.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br><d=
iv><div style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word;">Why I never thought of this be=
fore is beyond me.!!!<div><br></div><div>Pineapple juice can with some sand=
 and small parts sealed up with some duck tape and wrapped in a blanket. pu=
t in the dryer with a half load of clothes =C2=A0and tumble clean on air dr=
y rusty bits. =C2=A01 to 2 hours works great.</div><div><br></div><div><spa=
n id=3D"gmail-m_-6521135360350128990cid:3849B071-1A03-4818-934B-3BD0A68D65B=
2@columbus.rr.com">&lt;blanket.jpg&gt;</span></div><div><br></div><div><br>=
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