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rusty key - 1/18/2012 7:30:26 PM   
padigger12983

 

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Status: offline 		what is the best way to clean this key




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RE: rusty key - 1/18/2012 8:28:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		What is it made of? You could try soaking it in some CLR, but keep an eye on it! I left an old car emblem in CLR for too long, and it turned orange. But that was several weeks soaking in the stuff. I forgot it was there.

If the key is corroded, and it looks like it is, CLR will help it. If it's rusty, try some Oxalic acid (at your local pool supply store,) or some much cheaper and easier Citric Acid, aka lemon juice.
Cool find!


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RE: rusty key - 1/18/2012 8:49:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		thanks i dont know exactly what it is made of maybe brass i guess it doesnt feel like steel its really heavy for a key

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RE: rusty key - 1/19/2012 9:25:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		i started cleanin the key today with a rust remover and now i can tell for sure that it is a brass key but i still have some rust to get off of it hope to have a new pic up tomorrow

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RE: rusty key - 1/19/2012 11:03:54 PM   
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ORIGINAL: padigger12983

i started cleanin the key today with a rust remover and now i can tell for sure that it is a brass key but i still have some rust to get off of it hope to have a new pic up tomorrow

I posted on another post the best way to clean this key.. why are you not considering it?

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RE: rusty key - 1/20/2012 7:20:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		I considered it I just don't have a battery charger of that type yet maybe soon in they future I will find another item of such nature and I will try that method but the fundage I currently do not have

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RE: rusty key - 1/20/2012 8:45:40 AM   
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ORIGINAL: padigger12983

I considered it I just don't have a battery charger of that type yet maybe soon in they future I will find another item of such nature and I will try that method but the fundage I currently do not have

thrift store has them for less then 3.00

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RE: rusty key - 1/20/2012 9:04:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok ty nvr thought bout looking for one there

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RE: rusty key - 1/21/2012 8:45:25 PM   
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RE: rusty key - 1/22/2012 1:17:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thats quite an improvement!If you dont mind my asking howd you come across it?

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RE: rusty key - 1/22/2012 8:36:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		A friend of mine dug it up and gave it to me

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RE: rusty key - 2/1/2012 10:03:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		key came out gorgeous, nice job. What did you use? I have a few to clean and would like to replicate your process... if you wouldn't mind...

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RE: rusty key - 2/2/2012 5:03:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		a tooth brush, zep commercial professional strength calcium, lime, & rust remover, and brasso to finish also send some pics when u finish them

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RE: rusty key - 2/2/2012 9:34:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		thanks, again nice job

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RE: rusty key - 2/2/2012 9:41:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		thank u im currently workin on some new pieces i found ill post them later

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