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  1. 08-03-2011, 10:59 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by HNSB View Post
    I have a bin for blades that have been taken out of the scales for re-scale.
    The bin is segmented into sections for different stages of buffing.

    Well... Unbeknownst to me, a little over a week ago my four year old daughter poured her soda in the bin. (I haven't been able to establish why)

    All of the blades were coated in red rust - all 92 of them. I used a product to convert the red rust to black, and gave them all a once over with some fine steel wool to knock the gunk off.

    The good news is that the rusting is all stopped.

    The bad news is that every blade is covered in devil's spit and pitted deeply enough to not buff out easily. Everything etched is going to lose the etching. Some of the full hollows are going to have to keep some pitting. Blades that were finished to polishing stage are going to need to go back to the low grits.

    I don't think any of them are totally destroyed, but there are a lot that will never be the same again.
    HNSB,
    I did a little search and I found this which I hope will be of help to you. Home Remedies to Remove Rust | eHow.com
    Good luck,
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    i know a certain little lady thats getting coal in her stocking this christmas.....
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    Well, at least..........actually, I can't think of an "at least"......

    My sympathies. Hug your daughter and move on. Chalk it up to the Dad Life. "Dad Life"
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    As a parent and grandparent you have all my sympathy, been there and done that in oh so many ways. The hardest part is knowing that whatever she did, she did in a spirit of childlike love, joy and innocence. To put it in its proper perspective, now may be a good time to talk to your father, he may have a story of his own to tell.
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    That is why some animals eat their young in the wild....
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    as a grandparent i have a lot more forgivness for things like this than i did as a parent, i dont know if it is a geting older thing or what, but in the end all you can do is love them.
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  • 08-04-2011, 02:17 AM #8
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    Wow, that is a bummer. Well the silver lining around the dark cloud is that you are going to be a far more experienced restorer than you would have been had you noticed the spill earlier.
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  • 08-04-2011, 03:02 AM #9
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    Ugh, ugh, ugh. Thank goodness my daughter is 42 and out of the house, my mother is afraid of razors and I am single with no one to mess with my stuff for any reason.


    Now is the time for sandpaper/double sided tape on a 2" diameter felt wheel with 1/4 arbor into a long Harbor Freight Dremel type extension secured in a 3 jaw chuck on a 1750 rpm motor.

    Tough break,
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  • 08-04-2011, 11:56 PM #10
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    OMG...Just OMG...I don't even know what to say...Damn!
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