Dealing with rust

[Newms10]

Anyone got any advice on getting rust off tools. We have a few axe’s that we use to cut back those stubborn roots and have accumulated rusty heads whilst sitting in the van.

 

what do people/or can I use to get this off to make them nice and shinney again?

 

[Stubby]

If its just surface rust then wire wool or wire brush with WD40 . If its pitted and deeper the it goes on the linisher belt .

[Vespasian]

After you've polished em up, invest in a bit of oil or grease to rub the axe heads down with after use..

 

If you're like me and know more than anyone else about everything, including keeping axe's from rusting up. you'll spend years finding rusty tools till one day you'll remember that good sage advice someone gave you twenty odd years back..

 

Use an oily rag to clean your tools after use....

[Mick Dempsey]

Why worry about it?

[peatff]

13 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Why worry about it?

Yup, just get them used. I do clean my shovels and spade thoroughly after use and I give them a coat of boiled linseed oil when they are dry to stop stuff sticking to them.

[Macpherson]

57 minutes ago, peatff said:

Yup, just get them used. I do clean my shovels and spade thoroughly after use and I give them a coat of boiled linseed oil when they are dry to stop stuff sticking to them.

Yep, when you bought machine tools back years ago they often came with a coating that looked like varnish but in fact it was often a coat of one of the 'drying' oils.....I've used tung because I've got it ....stops things going rusty in the shed.....but so does an oily rag

[Dbikeguy]

WD40 in the truck. wet day, quick squirt job sorted

[Newms10]

Sweet WD it is. Rusty tools just annoy me and unsightly just like rusty vans

[bankhouse builder]

I polish my shovels up with a flap disc in my cordless angle grinder they are a pleasure to use when polished.

 

[AHPP]

A friend polishes a bronze shovel that’s used exclusively for collecting dog shit.