Good point......Iggy, think shotgun!
Steve

"whit3rd" wrote in message ...
On May 10, 11:54 am, "Steve Lusardi" wrote:
Save yourself some trouble, get a plastic barrel and fill it half full of muriatic acid 30%. Get another barrel and fill it half
full of a heavy concentration of Baking Soda. Degrease the vice, drop in acid for at last an hour, maybe overnight. Remove,
rinse
with a hose and drop in the soda barrel for an hour. Remove and hose down, blow off the water with air and then oil.

I'd substitute 'wax' for oil. You'll want to heat the parts to dry
'em,
and while they're hot, brush some beeswax (or cheese wax, or
paraffin wax if that's all you've got); it'll fill all those little
etch pits
with something that won't attract moisture and start rusting again.

The acid removes blueing and (protective) black oxide as well as
that crumbly brown rust.