[sdiy] How to keep vintage gear from rusting away?

[Harry Bissell Jr]

You might try a product called "wadding polish"
on rusty metal. It is a cotton wadding (like
matress stuffing) soaked in a petroleum distillate...
It removes all rust and leaves a somewhat protective
film after you polish.

If you were coing to paint of clear coat, I'd
rinse that with alcohol first

H^) harry

--- Ken Stone <sasami at hotkey.net.au> wrote:

> Shouldn't be any issue. Laquer, enamel, rust
> inhibiting enamel, even a wipe
> over with a light oil.
> 
> Don't leave a washed item to dry like that. It's too
> slow. Also, if the oven
> isn't electric (i.e. it is gas), it is likely to be
> a very humid
> environment.  Blow dry it, or wash it with HOT water
> so that the heat
> (transferred to the metal) will cause rapid
> evaporation. Or wipe down with
> alcohol or turps rather than water.
> 
> 
> 
> >Hello all;
> >
> >I decided to clean out this 808 that I haven't used
> once since I got it 
> >(wanted to convert the power suply to North
> American, but am now using a 
> >reverse transformer instead) . After going over the
> unit bolt to bolt, board 
> >to board totally cleaning it with distilled water,
> simple green and iso 
> >alcohol, I decided to tackle the rust that had
> formed on the bottom part of 
> >the casinig where the power supply unit is.
> >
> >Anyway I picked up some rust converter at a local
> Canadian Tire thats used 
> >for tools, autobody work etc. It did a really nice
> job when used with coarse 
> >sand paper. However, I rinsed it afterwords with
> the garden hose then stuck 
> >it in the over to dry. Of course out comes the
> bottom piece COMPLETELY 
> >ORANGE. >_< "$%^&!..... lets try this again....",
> back outside with the 
> >piece, sand it down again with the chemical stuff I
> bought till its nice and 
> >silver, then rinsed it with distilled water and let
> it dry. Ever so slowly 
> >the rust fades back in so I say screw it and this
> time a third sanding 
> >instead this time I leave a thin coat of the
> chemical on.... AHA! no more 
> >rust ^_^. I really really wish Roland had gone with
> aluminum or something 
> >other than steel. My Jupiter 6 shows early signs of
> rust as well. Overall 
> >though I find older Roland gear to be very very
> reliable otherwise.
> >
> >Does anyone know of something to coat or polish
> bare metal after rust 
> >treatment that would be ok for electronics to be
> exsposed to?
> >
> >BTW: The 808 sounds nice and sexy... now I need to
> figure out how to program 
> >the thing.. and kudos to whoever decided to glue
> all the components on the 
> >power supply >_< . Now how am I supposed recap the
> power supply?!
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
>
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