"Orange" wrote in message
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"James Sweet" wrote in message
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Wow was that on a boat or something? Yeah it looks like rust, what I
would
I dont know where it was; bought it as it is.

do is take it all apart and sandblast the metal then repaint it, if you
don't have access to a sandblaster I would put all the metal parts
through
the dishwasher to get them good and clean, then dry them out and paint
the
internal metal with POR-15 anti-rust paint, that stuff is great. If you
What kind of shop has POR-15?

can't find that, some spray on Hammerite is decent stuff. Really though,
Could you explain that more. What is Hammerite?

buying a new case is probably the easiest way to go about this, they
make
some nice aluminum ones now that won't rust.

It's Amiga 2000...

Ah, that explains it, I was thinking it was just a generic old PC. You can
get POR-15 from a place that sells automotive restoration products, such as
http://www.tptools.com, it's nasty stuff, be careful not to get it on your
skin. For your purposes you should be find if you scrub the rust off and
paint the metal with normal spraypaint in the color of your choice.