naval jelly

[dwight elvey]

>From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
>
>On 10/2/2006 at 10:55 PM Jay West wrote:
>
> >Odd, for many years I used Naval Jelly to clean rust off cans in my beer
> >can collection. I never once saw it take any paint off, and I used it on
>some
> >pretty fragile old cans. It worked wonderfully without messing up the
> >paint.
>
>I'm sure it did.   But Naval Jelly is a very old product and not very safe.
>  There are better, safer, preparations.
>
>I've got a friend who runs an antique auto restoration business.  He says
>that he uses the Eastwood products:
>
>http://www.offroaders.com/shop/rust.htm
>
>Maybe there's something there that might do the job for you.
>
>FWIW,
>Chuck
>

Hi
In another group, some have suggested electrolysis methods. I've not tried 
it
but they talk about hanging the piece in a stainless tub and applying 
current
to it. I don't recall what they suggested for elecrolyte but I suspect it 
isn't
critical. Most anything that doesn't plate out of solution should work.
Dwight