Good Rust Remover

[James Dean]

Hi All,

I'm probably not understanding the process of rust removal, but does anyone know of a good rust remover that doesn't destroy the metal finish (not the paint, the shine). I have some nice polished steel squares that had spots of rust I wanted to remove. I used "Oxysolve" that I bought from Grizzly and it completely ruined the finish. Says it supposedly puts some kind of zinc coating on your steel after it's dried. If you ask me it's a lame excuse for saying we ruin your finish after you use our product. My square has absolutely no shine anywhere, it's completely dull. Damn!

Sorry if I'm being ignorant.

TIA

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Topsaver. It is a liquid rust remover made for table saw tops and the like. After treating my saw top, it was a good as new. Spray it on, scrub with a (supplied) plastic scrubby thing, wipe off and it was perfect. I know Woodcraft carries it and probably many other tools suppliers.

[Dan White]

Hey, I've been looking for exactly that thing myself -- something that removes the rust but doesn't harm or coat the good surfaces at the same time. Thanks!

dwhite

dwhite

[Andy Dingley]

Electrolysis. So long as you dry things off quickly afterwards, it doesn't affect unrusted metal.

Of course it will leave a dark pit where your rust was. If you want the whole thing shiny s original, you might need to do mechanical polishing - but that's changing the shape (thickness) of the piece, to recover the surface texture.

[James Dean]

Thanks all for the reply's,

I've seen he electrolysis thing and it looks interesting, think I'll try the top saver first,...I'm lazy that way.

JD