Well the multiple blizzards of the past month have come back to bite me. My scroll saw, which is sitting in the garage, must have received a light dusting of snow or moisture. I looked at the table and found a some light rust. Nothing pitted, just very light surface rust. I sprayed on a coat of WD-40, let it soak, and polished with #000 steel wool. I got most of it off and resprayed. It's soaking now. Is there something else that I can use to clean this up better?
OT /Removing light rust from tool
Jan 27, 2007
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Thanks Ron, that's a big help
I usually have to clean some rust from my wood saws occasionally ,due to high humidity and forgetting to oil them after use ,some times even overnight they will develope a light coating of rust.
I use a cork hand block and some 240 grit wet and dry with WD40,then wipe with a rag,then alight spray with the wd40.
Using your tool more often and more vigorously will prevent rust from forming in the future. And for goodness sakes man, keep it well lubricated!
Sorry...couldn't resist... :-) Peteski
No offense taken. With 4 blizzards and about 4 feet of snow over 4 weeks, it's been a little hard to get motivated to get into the garage and exercise my power tools (laugh). The snowblower, however, has had lots of exercise (:>
Shouldn't you have mentioned keeping it covered with oilskin when necessary?
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. ;)
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