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On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:56:33 -0500
Bill wrote:

I found an old Marples morise chisel last night that looks very rusty
(it has "thick rust"-lol). I'm going to try to resurrect it with


best cure for rust is to soak it in water then scrape the rust off with
something appropriate

once you get it where you want it dry it well then lightly mineral oil it


What good would it do to soak a rusty piece of metal in water?

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