Here are a couple of suggestions for removing rust from your tools. WD40 or the equivalent is pretty good for rust removal. Diesel fuel will also help with the rust and, if all else fails, buy a 3 liter bottle of Coke (not the diet) and soak your tools in it. Only problem with the Coke solution is that you have to clean the tools afterwards. Cy, the Ancient oKie...
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Boyce Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 1:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rust and rust prevention Hi Carl Just replace the roof sheets which are leaking. Then no more water can come in to rust your tools. ----- Original Message ----- From: "carl" <HYPERLINK "mailto:carlf16%40googlemail.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <HYPERLINK "mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Rust and rust prevention > yes thanks for this info but this does'nt tel me how to remove the rust > from my tools after my work shop rough leacking > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray Boyce > To: HYPERLINK "mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com"[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 2:02 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rust and rust prevention > > > Rust. It's a small word that can cause so much grief. Rusted bolts on a > vehicle can make them difficult to repair, which adds to the cost of any > repair > work. Rusted sheet metal looks unsightly and devalues the vehicle. Let > the > rust get out of hand, and body panels can become rusted completely > through, > possibly causing structural failures or allowing exhaust fumes into the > passenger compartment. This is extremely hazardous and in most areas of > the > country, > can cause the vehicle to be certified unsafe to be driven. The > hard-earned > money you spent on that automobile just became almost worthless. So how > do > we > prevent our vehicles from rusting? > > Automobile manufacturers have been helping. Almost all metal body panels > with the exception of roof panels on newer vehicles are galvanized. This > zinc coating > helps protect the metal from rusting, although it won't totally prevent > it. > Exterior trim and badges are often glued to the body rather than bolted > in > place so there are no holes in the body with chipped paint edges to allow > rust to start. More durable seam sealers are used during assembly, and > most > vehicle > manufacturers use electrostatic charges to attract primer paints into > difficult to access body areas so that the complete body receives a > protective coating > during the assembly process. Even with all this attention to preventing > rust, mother nature still takes her toll and you see rusty vehicles on > the > road. > > Rust is a chemical reaction between iron molecules in the steel panels > and > oxygen. Add some moisture and/or heat and the chemical reaction occurs > much > faster. > During the rusting process, a very small electrical current is generated, > similar to the chemical reaction that takes place inside a battery, but > with > a much smaller charge. Hook up a sensitive voltmeter to a rusting panel > in > contact with salt water (salt accelerates the rusting process) and you > can > actually > see the electrical potential generated. > > Coating the body so that oxygen and moisture can't get at the metal is > one > method of reducing rusting - that's what paint, undercoatings and waxy > rust > prevention > coatings do, but coatings aren't perfect. Scratches or stone chips in any > coating will expose the metal. Rust occurs at the molecular level, so > even > the > smallest mark can let rust start and it will continue to grow under the > coating. I have seen large chunks of paint fall off badly rusted cars, > where > the > paint looked pretty good but the metal was eaten almost entirely away. > > Another way of reducing rust is to fight it electrically. Remember how > rust > creates electrical power? What if we could reverse the power? That's the > concept > behind electronic rust prevention systems. This system uses capacitance > by > attaching plates to the body to create a negative charge on the vehicle's > body. > The negative charge counteracts the electrical charge of the rusting > action, > slowing rust formation. > > Other systems use cathodic protection, which is the real name of the > technique these companies are trying to sell. This method of using a > sacrificial cathode > has been used with success to protect against corrosion on many > structures > and systems including sea-going ships, buried pipelines, and even > reinforced > concrete. The system produces a reverse charge in the component or > structure > to slow or prevent the rust action from taking place on the body and use > up > the cathode material instead. There's a catch however. > > To create an electrical current, there must be a complete electrical > circuit. In boats, the water forms one part of the circuit. In buildings, > the ground > forms one part of the circuit. Cars however, are not immersed in water or > buried in the ground. If there was a good return path through water or > dirt, > this concept might work, but it doesn't have one. Another problem is that > to > create a charge over the complete vehicle body, the electronic rust > prevention > systems would have to use enough electricity from the vehicle's battery > that > it would keep draining the battery so your vehicle wouldn't start. > > Would I recommend electronic rust prevention? No. I would save my money > and > apply it to keeping the vehicle clean. Rust occurs mostly where dirt and > debris > collect in recesses in the vehicle body. This area dries out slowly, so > rust > has a prime environment to occur. Wash under the vehicle thoroughly, > inside > front fenders and along trim to flush dirt out of corners. A clean > vehicle > dries quicker and dry vehicles rust very slowly. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1306 - Release Date: 3/1/2008 5:41 PM No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1306 - Release Date: 3/1/2008 5:41 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.3/1306 - Release Date: 3/1/2008 5:41 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
