I know how to get the rust off, but after electrolysis, to almost perfect, the original nuts and bolts started to rust again. Drat! I worked with a guy once that used to put metal parts into a chemical that looked like window washer fluid but it was a chemical that made steel parts totally black. I need a metal treatment tip for nuts and bolts. Id like to keep the originals on the Ford, all the new stuff is from Taiwan. Does anyone know how to redo a phos+oil finish of some type?
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fixerupper
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If I give nuts and bolts a Muriatic bath i rinse them with hot water, blot dry them with a paper towel and toss them in a can of light oil. I suppose diesel fuel would work too. After a night s soaking I spread them out on a paper towel and leave them oily till I use them. I have never tried the Napa product but it sounds like a better idea than mine.
Mike(NEOhio)
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I glass bead them and use a self-etching primer. Evaporust sometimes after wire wheeling them clean.
RedGreenGuy
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I am using an Eastwood product called "Afterblast". Usually apply with spritz bottle.
Thank you all for your tips. I did phos soak and my opinion is that you have to do the electrolysis to get all the rust off
because the phos alone does not do the really bad rust by itself. I bought some Permetex rust remover at NAPA and if I
don't get the "look" I am going to a heated phos and oil finish, it a 20 minute soak in phos acid solution at 200F with
some steel wool and manganese in solution, dried, then oil. I spent hours getting the Ford White pieces prepped and painted
so I want the hardware to look as good, even though she's going back to work pulling wood and cutting pasture.
because the phos alone does not do the really bad rust by itself. I bought some Permetex rust remover at NAPA and if I
don't get the "look" I am going to a heated phos and oil finish, it a 20 minute soak in phos acid solution at 200F with
some steel wool and manganese in solution, dried, then oil. I spent hours getting the Ford White pieces prepped and painted
so I want the hardware to look as good, even though she's going back to work pulling wood and cutting pasture.
rustyfarmall
Well-known Member
Black oxide. Kind of a pre-rust thing, but it stops any further rust.
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