Cleaning old tools

["Gary Kneisley" <mog8@comcast.net>]

Spent the day cleaning out Grandpas old barn.  We found a cache of old
tools, planes, drill bits, files, saws, hammers etc. etc etc.  Lots of great
old tools ranging in age from twenty years old to a hundred or more.

 

They all have a rusty patina (and in some cases a thick coating of rust)
from being stored in wood boxes in a barn with no heat.  They are also quite
dirty.

 

Any thoughts on cleaning these pieces to prepare them for sale or personal
use?  

 

Thanks

 

Gary K.