74-Roadster

:lol: :lol: :lol: now that I got your attention, I'll continue my question.



bolts, screws etc. I'm looking at Eastwood's tumbler and the black oxide finish. I'm tired of cleaning each one up by hand or buying new ones when the old ones will still work but look like sh..

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BB wowbagger

I use a sponge and som nice tempered water.... :jester

Edzred72

Re: How do you do to clean your nuts, . . . (74-Roadster)

mild soap/soft scrub brush/talcum powder!! :jester :jester

Seriously.. I soak em in a tin can full of de-greaser, shaking occasionaly, then buff the rust off with a "soft" wire wheel on a bench grinder. It can be time consuming, but the old fashion/cheap methods work for me. :smash: :smash:

lbell101

I like the tumber idea for lightly rusted fasteners. However, I've tried both the silver cad and black oxide kits. The give very good initial results. The finish lasts well if kept indoors. BUT the finish is very short lived when actually put in service. I could detect visable rusting after the first wet ride. I ended up redoing the items and satin clearing them. This made them last quite a bit longer but still not satisfactory for a car in actual use.
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Smokehouse69

I read this several years ago, I don't know if it works or not, so I'm just repeating what I read.
Afer cleaning up your metal hard ware get it free of grime and rust, drop it in a plastic container of Marvel Mystery Oil. Let it set for a couple of weeks, and the nuts and bolts will come out with a nice black oxide like finish.
Apparently Marvel Mystery Oil has some "mysterious" plating properties that help with the supposed ability it has at doctoring worn out engine parts.
Something I have used and works really well is bottled gun blueing. Just clean the stuff up as above, get all the oil and rust off them, then drop them in a plastic container of gun bluing. After a couple of minutes take them out let them air dry and then coat them with oil. Gun bluing is an acid that forms an dark oxide coating on the metal, similar to the black oxide treatment that Eastwoods uses.

emsrescu

washcloth not a scrub brush ouch.

gerry c

If you have big brass ones, a wire wheel :eek: If you use them all the time, a light cleaning with soap and water will do :D

About 20 years ago, I bought my daughter a small "toy" rock tumbler. It held the stones in a container about the size of a one pound coffee can at a 45 degree angle. After she got tired of it (darn kids) I started using it for nuts/bolts. First I throw them in a coffee can with solvent (or gas) soak and tunmble them, then let them dry and throw them in a container with either walnut shell, glass media, or sand media (depending on the condiction). After that they sit in a can of -=Marvel Mystrey Oil=- .

Gun bluing may work well. I have not tried hot bluing but know cold bluing does not stand up to a lot.

Check a Toys R Us to see if they still make cheap (under 15 bucks) rock tumblers. Probably cheaper than a speciality item for nuts and bolts.


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fauxrs

OUCH :eek:

Edzred72

YEAH...especially the wire wheel part! :eek: :eek: :eek:

honaker

replace them with stainless steel(same grade) or have the heads of them powder coated. I'm doing that with all most every nut and bolt on the chassis during my re-build. If you can't find the right grade ss, just have the heads clear powdercoated. you'll never have to worry about the corrsion factor anymore and if they need cleaned, spray with de-greaser. :smash:

Marks69BB

I've been sandblasting them (boy, that would be tough to bear!) and then painting with POR-15 on the bolt heads which, as longs as it's not exposed to sunlight, will be new looking and rustfree forever.


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faster69

parts washer then throw them in the glassbead blaster--- better then new :yesnod:

1970 Dave

Very Very carefully :yesnod: :yesnod: :yesnod:


SEMPER FI--1970 Dave

78Vette-SA

Wire wheel here. Every nut bolt and washer when I redit the front and rear suspension two years ago. Stood in front of that wheel for a long, long, long, long, time. Was worth every minute! :chevy