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how do I clean hard rust off of liscense plate - 8/27/2010 10:24:56 PM    the ham man   Posts: 516 Joined: 11/14/2009 From: Ellicott City, MD Status: offline i have recently dug up a 1930 liscense plate that is from maryland and it has great embossing. i tried cleaning it up and got a little rust off but I know that theres no way to get all of it off with what im doing. it actually still has paint under the rust and I would like to keep the paint and lose the rust. if this is impossible then i would gladly get rid of both and repaint it. please help. thanks in advance. _____________________________ Lookin' for ' ' ________________ Ellicott City /_______________ /l bottles and l` John U.O'Brien` 'l----/\ ' Baltimore ' lWines Liquors & C.l----\/ ~Joey~ ' whiskeys ' l_Ellicott City,MD._ l/ Post #: 1

RE: how do I clean hard rust off of liscense plate - 8/27/2010 11:51:05 PM    Erik T   Posts: 118 Joined: 7/4/2010 From: Toronto Status: offline have you tried clr? i'm not too sure about this so don't do it right away but I heard muratic acid works faster but It might damage the plate somehow. (in reply to the ham man) Post #: 2

RE: how do I clean hard rust off of liscense plate - 8/27/2010 11:57:13 PM    Nickevlau   Posts: 191 Joined: 4/11/2010 From: Minneapolis, MN Status: offline There are a few threads talking about oxalic acid as a rust remover.  I have heard of muratic acid, except used for bottles. _____________________________ Looking for Minneapolis / St Paul or Minnesota bottles of course (in reply to Erik T) Post #: 3

RE: how do I clean hard rust off of liscense plate - 8/28/2010 8:38:42 PM    buriedtreasuretime   Posts: 20 Joined: 5/10/2009 Status: offline Joey: There is a product made by Krud Kutter specifically for rust. It is an amazing product and will restore any heavily rusted material with out damaging paint that is not already damaged by the rust. I speak form personal experiance and I have never had a product perform as well and as throughly as Krud Kutter for rust did. You will have to soak it in a shallow pan but you will be amazed with the outcome. Tim (in reply to the ham man) Post #: 4

RE: how do I clean hard rust off of liscense plate - 8/28/2010 9:10:23 PM    the ham man   Posts: 516 Joined: 11/14/2009 From: Ellicott City, MD Status: offline Tim can I find this product in an average grocery store? ive never heard of it before. _____________________________ Lookin' for ' ' ________________ Ellicott City /_______________ /l bottles and l` John U.O'Brien` 'l----/\ ' Baltimore ' lWines Liquors & C.l----\/ ~Joey~ ' whiskeys ' l_Ellicott City,MD._ l/ (in reply to buriedtreasuretime) Post #: 5

RE: how do I clean hard rust off of liscense plate - 8/28/2010 9:24:31 PM    waskey   Posts: 1415 Joined: 12/6/2008 From: ellicott city,md Status: offline Joey, I believe ACE hardware sold Krud Kutter; the name sounds very familiar from when I had to stock all the cleaning supplies. _____________________________ Looking to purchase any bottles from Ellicott City, Maryland that I don't have!! Also milks from these following MD towns:Woodlawn, Catonsville, Elkridge. (in reply to the ham man) Post #: 6

RE: how do I clean hard rust off of liscense plate - 8/28/2010 9:28:38 PM    the ham man   Posts: 516 Joined: 11/14/2009 From: Ellicott City, MD Status: offline thanks hen. i will definetely look into that. Tim, is there anything else I should know before cleaning my liscense plate such as how long to keep it in there.     _____________________________ Lookin' for ' ' ________________ Ellicott City /_______________ /l bottles and l` John U.O'Brien` 'l----/\ ' Baltimore ' lWines Liquors & C.l----\/ ~Joey~ ' whiskeys ' l_Ellicott City,MD._ l/ (in reply to waskey) Post #: 7

RE: how do I clean hard rust off of liscense plate - 8/28/2010 11:47:57 PM    RED Matthews Posts: 2268 Joined: 8/2/2008 Status: online Hello the ham man;  I usually spray them with PB Blaster until I can work on them.  I have quite a collection of L.Plates.  The oldest was made of leather.  When I do clean them I put them in a pan with Extend for a while and then touch up the bad spots.  Just to tell you about my old N.Y. plates.   RED Matthews. _____________________________ http://www.bottlemysteries.com/welcome/ (in reply to the ham man) Post #: 8

RE: how do I clean hard rust off of liscense plate - 8/29/2010 5:18:48 PM    markh   Posts: 76 Joined: 8/1/2009 Status: offline You might try electrolytic cleaning. You'd need a plastic tray, water, some washing soda, a piece of iron, some wire and a battery charger. this will disolve the rust without attacking the the underlying metal. Try a google search on electrolytic rust removal. eg. here's the general idea: http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp hope this helps, Mark (in reply to the ham man) Post #: 9

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