I had some rusty dies and just "to see" I put them in the wet tumbler, with stainless pins and bits.
A dab of car wash soap, and ran it for a couple of hours.
They came out great.
I had some rusty dies and just "to see" I put them in the wet tumbler, with stainless pins and bits.
A dab of car wash soap, and ran it for a couple of hours.
They came out great.
what kind of "washing soda" do you use? ive looked in a whole bunch of stores looking for it and it seems to be coming of days gone by.
I would like to try this on some old tools, dies and other things like an old Lyman trimmer that almost went in the trash can at least twice
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...brass+cleaning They guy in Canada says to substitute the citric acid for the Lemi shine as it is much cheaper.
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Can 'make it' by heating baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) in the oven at 400°F or so. Takes a few hours. Can tell it is done when the powder is no longer thick and heavy, but light and fluffy. Best to use a glass or stainless steel bowel or dish.
All that is being done is driving off the extra CO2 molecule that was added to make washing soda (sodium carbonate) into baking soda.
And the electrolytic de-rusting does work a treat. Just need an old school battery charger, as some of the newer ones (Battery Tender) need to see some battery voltage in order to go into charge mode.
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Slick 50! There is a name I have not heard for a long time. I remember putting that in a racing engine for dirt track racing to see if it helped. I didn't see any difference in my times but I did win that night. Drained it out after that race and never tried it again.
I googled Slick 50 to see if it was still out there and found something interesting. They have a product by Slick 50 called One lube, What are the odds it is related to the Hornady One Shot?
isn't slick 50 the stuff they would demonstrate a fairs and racing events where they had a briggs and Stratton motor with a clear plastic back and mopar slant 6 engine they would run them with no oil in it just a coating of the stuff? would be interesting to see how it works coating reloading gear.
My friend asked the FAA about using it in a crop duster, they told him it works to try it. He changed the oil and added slick 50 and the mechanic had to slow down the idle speed after the oil change said it was over 100 rpm higher than without. The have a new product that sounds too good to be true, they claim it fixes everything. But the old oil conditioner seems hard to find and very expensive.
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