Jerome Hanby
10-09-2011, 8:21 PM
Evapo-rust is the real deal. I finally for a suitably sized container, the jug of Evapo-rust and an old Stanley 60 1/2 plane in the same place at the same time. I disassembled the plane, put all the "non-shiny" parts in my bowl, added enough Evapo-rust to cover the parts and let it cook for several hours. All the plane parts I soaked have a dull film on them, but NO RUST! As I understand it that film will help prevent additional rust until I get ready to finish my clean up.
I have to stuff to try Japanning and I think I'm going to use this plane as my test piece. Any nifty hints for removing the surviving original Japanning before I "paint" on the new stuff and bake it? Note, this is a plane that I'll be using and short of losing it, it will be in my tool box forever, so I don't care about preserving any "collect-ability"
I have to stuff to try Japanning and I think I'm going to use this plane as my test piece. Any nifty hints for removing the surviving original Japanning before I "paint" on the new stuff and bake it? Note, this is a plane that I'll be using and short of losing it, it will be in my tool box forever, so I don't care about preserving any "collect-ability"