Cleaning a shovel
I have a good quality and quite old shovel which has serious layers of
all sorts of muck - including old cement - very securely stuck to it. Any suggestions for cleaning - other than a cold chisel and hammer? |
Cleaning a shovel
On 19 Jun, 12:15, mike wrote:
I have a good quality and quite old shovel which has serious layers of all sorts of muck - including old cement - very securely stuck to it. Any suggestions for cleaning - other than a cold chisel and hammer? Try just using the hammer. A lot of cement type rubbish will fall off if you beat the shovel around a bit. Hitting the shovel on the ground should remove some. The steel can flex more than the cement so it falls off. There will still be some left though. Then a wire brush in a drill or angle grinder may work or even a chemical such as cement remover. John |
Cleaning a shovel
mike wrote:
I have a good quality and quite old shovel which has serious layers of all sorts of muck - including old cement - very securely stuck to it. Any suggestions for cleaning - other than a cold chisel and hammer? Brick acid. That will take off the rust as well.. |
Cleaning a shovel
mike wrote:
I have a good quality and quite old shovel which has serious layers of all sorts of muck - including old cement - very securely stuck to it. Any suggestions for cleaning - other than a cold chisel and hammer? Wire brush in an angle grinder with eye protection, gloves and heavy duty clothing. After it is clean store it in a bucket of dry playground sand which has clean engine oil added to it to make a paste. Don't use old engine oil. |
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