cleaning nuts and bolts

[chrismoore701]

thinking about some good old silverware or soon to be blackware

[Thealien]

I dare you. Post pics!

[chrismoore701]

So you dared me to oxidize the silverware and post some picks well here you go. DO NOT UPSET YOUR WIFE

[Thealien]

Funny, very funny

[djw32]

Ethanol from the pump will clean grease and other crap off of nuts and bolts.

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by chrismoore701

I have just stripped my frame down to nothing and was wondering how I should go about cleaning all the nuts and bolts. Planned on getting one of thos cheap vibrating bowls with media and clean them, but what about the oil and grease. After I clean them, how should I treat them from rusting? any ideas on the best way to treat this

Chris

I just did this exact thing. I took all my bolts. i put em in a thick plastic peanut container with a lid, then i added this fluid.
Evaporust

Its a chemical, non toxic that you jsut let the bolts sit in. Unlike vinegar it doesnt deteriorate the metal. Basically i let em sit for 24 hours.. I would shake the container a bunch here and there to agitate it. 90% of the bolts came out perfect. A few had some left over rust. You can soak it longer if you want. I then rinsed them all off, put them in a cardboard box and painted em.... So far so good....

[chrismoore701]

I am supposed to get my oxide kit tomorrow so I will be in the garage, at least I hope. I have a small sand blast cabinet I am going to try first

[HOGDADDY]

Go to the auto paint store and get some metal cleaning & condioning DX520 & DX579 comes in quart containers. soak the parts in cleaner over night then soak in the conditioner.

Or, this stuff here everyone says works great and only need to wd-40 after using.

http://www.palmettoenterprises.net/P...-Welcome-.html

[chrismoore701]

planned to get out on the truck again last night, but thought I blew up my jeep. worked on it last night to find out a bolt had backed out of the torque converter and was hitting a plate. Back in business for the truck this weekend.

[chrismoore701]

So I finally got to play in the garage tonight, here are some pics of the results. I am pretty happy and plan to keep doing this. Questions for those of you that have used this. It says to dip in solution then water then immediately into sealer. I am guessing I should dry them off first? 2nd question my solution was getting very cloudy. I mixed about 2 ounces of solution. Should I pitch it, add more solution, or add more water? Thanks

[lyrikz]

Originally Posted by chrismoore701

So I finally got to play in the garage tonight, here are some pics of the results. I am pretty happy and plan to keep doing this. Questions for those of you that have used this. It says to dip in solution then water then immediately into sealer. I am guessing I should dry them off first? 2nd question my solution was getting very cloudy. I mixed about 2 ounces of solution. Should I pitch it, add more solution, or add more water? Thanks

Wow, that stuff does look really cool... dang...