On 20 Apr 2005 12:51:25 GMT, Ignoramus14555
wrote:

So, I have this mill and lathe:

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/clausing/

Pix of them in my garage are at
http://igor.chudov.com/projects/clausing/01-home/

I would like to give both a thorough cleaning, but am afraid to do
something stupid. In particular, if you look at the last 3 pictures,
you will see that the horizontal "arm" of the mill is all gunked
up. It is not as rusty as it is just covered with polymerized oil (or
so I think, anyway). Can I use over cleaner and scotchbrite to try to
get that stuff off? How about steel wool? I doubt that sandpaper is
appropriate...

i

Oven cleaner will lift the paint.

This is the one place I can think of that WD-40 is actually good for
something. And a green kitchen scrubbing pad.

Gunner

Rule #35
"That which does not kill you,
has made a huge tactical error"