Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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i have two drawers of nuts and bolts and just hit them on the wire wheel bench grinder when i need one
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Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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After soaking in white vinegar, hand wire brushing worked very well for me.
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Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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For fasteners originally phosphated and oiled or Parkerized, the next step is re-phosphating.
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Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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Keeping the temperature steady at 200 degrees without boiling is important and can be accomplished by using a double pot method. I used an electric frying pan filled with water as the heat source, and the phosphating solution was in another stainless pot sitting in the water.
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Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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For fasteners with phosphated as the final finish, RPM wax looks better than than "oiled".
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Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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After soaking for 48 hours, the hand wire brushing begins.
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Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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I’ve used vinegar in the past and it works. My go to now is powdered citric acid dissolved in water. It’s used in canning believe it or not, and I usually buy it in a 5 pound bag off amazon. Y Citric by M Patterson, on Flickr It seems to work quicker than the vinegar, and doesn’t have that nasty vinegar smell. I’ve used it on nut and bolts, small parts and I have a big tub and even used it on heads and blocks (Mostly to clean water jackets). Y RP by M Patterson, on Flickr H3 by M Patterson, on Flickr Years ago I’d wire wheel the old nuts and bolts and throw them in a 5 gallon bucket then take them up to a commercial plater and he’d zinc plate them for me and I had a choice of clear or gold anodize as the final step. It was actually pretty cheap, but either OSHA or EPA shut the place down after a fire….go figure.
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Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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I used to have a "Tumble Vibe" which was a bowl filled with abrasive material and shaken by an electric motor. You put small parts in and let it run overnight. For larger parts I just use a blast cabinet. Anyone have photo samples of results of a "Tumble Vibe" on nuts, bolts, etc.,? Thanks
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Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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I use many of the above chemicals AND in a sonic cleaner. Not much manual input needed then. Sonic cleaners have gotten very affordable.
Ive bad lungs so the heated sonic cleaner and simple dish washer pods also work great.
Set at 180 degrees and 30 minutes run time and thats it.
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Re: Best way to revive used nuts and bolts
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Here’s how they look after a wire brushing session.
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