Picked up a five gallon bucket full of some very old Ideal molds yesterday at the show from one of the others dealers.
The bucket had been sitting in a storage shed for 40+ years.
Needless to say theres some very interesting molds in the lot.
Some are without sprue plates and screws here and there, most of those parts are in the bottom of the bucket. This box is just a small portion of the bucket.
The majority of the molds are complete and covered in old oil and grease but several are rusty, as these two pictured here. Some have whats left of old rubberbands wrapped around them, sticking to the blocks with goop.
Whats the procedure for trying to bring these back to life. These two seem to be the worst but the cavities look strong.
Have quite a few handles in the same condition as these two molds.
Going to sort out the keepers next week and try and save as many as I can with the others.
So whats the best approach with the rust issue??
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