"BillyBob" wrote in
k.net:
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After seeing a demo at woodcraft, I decided to give the rust cleaner
made by Boeshield a try. Its basically a weak solution of phosphoric
acid. You spritz it on and scrub with a 3m scouring pad (green
grade). It removed all the rust and uglies within a matter of
minutes. My top had not looked this good since it was new. I sprayed
a couple of coatings of topcoat on afterward and I'm happy with the
results.


A little kerosene, used with the green scrubbies, does pretty much the same
thing, for removing any rust. Butcher's Bowling Alley wax thereafter,
because I still have half a can of that, and it works really well.

The only rust problems I have are when I leave wood, generally oak, on the
iron portion of the saw table. So it's a user problem...

Patriarch