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Originally Posted by 68K20 x Drill
I toss a few handfuls into a Gatorade bottle, fill halfway with old ATF, put the lid on, and then let the bottle roll around in the back for the truck for a week or two. this removes all the loose crap, and most of the rust. Best of all, it takes very little effort.
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Now, that's my idea of cleaning bolts. I'll throw the bottle in the back of my bush hog shredder. That'll bounce them around some. May even throw in a handful of sand to help.
I've gotten quite a few ideas, appreciate the suggestions. I hadn't thought of the muriatic acid thing. I still have some left over from some gun barrel cleaning and bluing I was doing last year.
Chevydog, I also wanted to keep the original look on these bolts. I went to one of the local places and they were selling a similar looking bolt- .41 plus tax (almost .50) each.
Don't want to sound cheap, but if I can clean them for a few pennies and reuse them, I'll save a few more dollars for the paint job later.. I have a lot of them from an old truck I dismantled years ago. And I have two classics I'd like to fix up.