naval jelly

[Chuck Guzis]

On 10/3/2006 at 11:12 AM Jay West wrote:

>There are some of my racks that have large areas of a VERY light mist of 
>rust. I would wipe on some naval jelly, then a few minutes later wipe it
>off 
>with a damp rag and then a dry rag. As I said, I've never seen it take off

>paint although I guess that's possible.

Naval Jelly does have silica in it as a polishing agent.  But you could
remove that light rust with a solution of phosphoric acid (or a can of Coke
for that matter).

Some old-time remedies are vinegar; another is soaking the part in molasses
(treacle for the UK crowd).  Yuck!

Cheers,
Chuck