[Fot] Tumble cleaning - then treating the hardware?

[Duncan Charlton]

I haven’t had long enough experience with this to know yet how well it protects against corrosion but it does produce a nice black finish that is reputedly rust resistant.  Heat up the clean parts and drop them in used motor oil (the dirtier, the better, presumably, so it’s time to finally change the oil in that old lawnmower).  Stand back and provide good ventilation.

Duncan
On Jun 4, 2020, 12:12 PM -0400, Scott Janzen <sjanzen at me.com>, wrote:
> Actually, meant to say black oxide- not a terrific rust preventative, but not bad. However, the traditional process involves caustic salts and is not something i can do at home.
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> > On Jun 4, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 6/4/20 8:10 AM, Scott Janzen wrote:
> > > Are there any reasonably good home treatments to keep this stuff from re-rusting? Coatings, paint, home oxidizing?
> > >
> >
> > I'm assuming you mean 'anodizing' - oxidizing is easy, just let the parts sit somewhere. They will oxidize, or rust, on their own.
> >
> > It is possible to anodize aluminum at home, though it is not that simple. Didn't Eastwood have a zinc or nickel plating kit available at one time?
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> > mjb.
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