miriam

I wasn't brave enough to soak the whole thing in E-O-R. I took off shiny metal parts and put them in Evap-o-rust - soaked until it looked like the rust was off. If they turn dark you need to use some chrome polish with rust remover in it. A lot of it was old dried oil down there so it was not really as bad as it looked. The moving parts were somewhat protected by dried oil. The tolerances are so close, there isn't room for much rust in the 'moving' parts. I don't like the idea of E-O-R inside the moving parts - maybe it's ok - maybe just me. I also polished up with some chrome cleaner. The black is kind of different to work with. It wasn't terribly rusted so I got a lot of it off with E-O-R but I'm squeamish about wire brushing that or buffing too hard. I think it is just bluing like DH uses on guns. The upper back end was in fairly good shape but I haven't done anything to the motor end of it yet. I put all the pieces back on the machine before I stuck it aside. I had way too much other stuff to do more pressing. E-O-R does not take off old dried oil. You might need a solvent for that. I can see I need to get some solvent and go back at a few places before I move on to the motor end. The chain oil is heavy - I do not recommend it for much other than in situations with all that rust between moving parts. I had to clean it off and then use T-F but that oil had something in it that penetrated and took care of the rust. I kind of worked on that machine when I had some time when I wasn't wanting to start a whole new project. I knew I would only be working on it a little here and a little there. It will be a long time before I get back to that one.