holmes54 wrote:
I have a very rusty Edison Home Model D that I have used Evapo-rust on to remove the rust. It has worked great. For the majority of the machine I have soaked in the evapo rust and then rinsed with water, patted dry and then used wire brushes on my drill to clean them up more. The problem I'm running into now is with the screws and springs as well as the bedplate. Since I can't really clean the screws and springs with my wire brush I just rinsed them off with water after coming out of the evapo rust but then they immediately rust again just on the surface. I have the same problem with the bed plate since I want to preserve the original paint where it remains and dont want to use the wire brushes on it.
Since these pieces were so heavily rusted they come out of the evapo rust with no rust on them but they do need to be rinsed off in some way and cleaned. What do you use for cleaning when you are doing your restorations? Thank you for the help!
Rinse them with more Evapo- Rust rather than water.