Err, OK so I took a chance and bought an old KURT 6" vice and if you know anything about vices you'll know KURT are bloody expensive I could never justify buying a new one but this one came up on Ebay and I thought I'd take a punt...
This is how I picked it up...
So into the electrolytic bath it goes, I never tried to clean it off at all just bared a little metal for a contact point...
And after 24hrs... the rust that's left just wipes off and the black which is carbon I think needs a bit of elbow grease to remove but you can see the base metal just under it, it's the best way I've found for removing rust. I am going to leave it another day to see if it can get any better...
They say the the process works on line of sight i.e. that the sacrificial anodes you use need to be able to see the areas of the rust you need to remove but in my experience and definitely in this case a lot of the rust couldn't be seen by the anodes and it still removed it all over it has even removed the rust from underneath the vice. All I had was two metal plates about 8"x4" one at each end...
Ok so I've moved on managed to get it all apart, cleaned and got it primed ready for a top coat...
As it came apart
Basic cleaning...
Proper cleaning and primed...
OK so DON'T use Hammerite Special Primer on cast iron, I had to get it all off today right bloody job still it's done now, new etch primer and top coat...
Just jaws and a handle to make now!
Including new labels very kindly sent to me from Kurt free of charge...
And finally with newly made jaws...
Lee
This is how I picked it up...
So into the electrolytic bath it goes, I never tried to clean it off at all just bared a little metal for a contact point...
And after 24hrs... the rust that's left just wipes off and the black which is carbon I think needs a bit of elbow grease to remove but you can see the base metal just under it, it's the best way I've found for removing rust. I am going to leave it another day to see if it can get any better...
They say the the process works on line of sight i.e. that the sacrificial anodes you use need to be able to see the areas of the rust you need to remove but in my experience and definitely in this case a lot of the rust couldn't be seen by the anodes and it still removed it all over it has even removed the rust from underneath the vice. All I had was two metal plates about 8"x4" one at each end...
Ok so I've moved on managed to get it all apart, cleaned and got it primed ready for a top coat...
As it came apart
Basic cleaning...
Proper cleaning and primed...
OK so DON'T use Hammerite Special Primer on cast iron, I had to get it all off today right bloody job still it's done now, new etch primer and top coat...
Just jaws and a handle to make now!
Including new labels very kindly sent to me from Kurt free of charge...
And finally with newly made jaws...
Lee
