Alternatively, throw every bit of your car's hardware and miscellaneous
brackets into a box and take (or ship) it to a plating company that does
bright silver cadmium plating. They'll take care of the cleaning and give
you back everything looking nice and shiny, almost like new. All for
(typically) under $100....
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
----- Original Message -----
From: <hellbent@owc.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: Vibratory Tumblers.
> After years of dormancy due to health problems, I have moved
> some of my MGA project out of storage and into the garage.
> Even though I plan to take it slow, I figured the project
> will go faster than it did with all the stuff in my freind's
> barn :)
>
> Anyway, I bought this vibratory tumbler from Eastwood. It
> was advertised to remove rust from bolts quickly.
>
> The one I bought is the light duty one that comes with the
> green plastic pyramid media and some brown "dry shine"
> media. I fooled around with it working on fender bolts and
> washers (using green media). It doesn't seem to work very
> well. I tried varying the amount of hardware I put into it.
> But it doesnt seem to matter.
>
> I wonder if I am expecting too much from it. Maybe the idea
> is to throw five or ten bolts in there and let it run for a
> week or two -- or a couple of months maybe. Then maybe it
> would make the bolts shiney. Do you think?
>
> Anybody have an opinion on these things?
>
> I gave up and used an electrolysis set up (battery charger,
> soda and water solution). That takes the rust off but
> leaves the parts coated in a "black colored rust" that is
> not fun to get off either.
>
> Next step for me may be muriatic acid and water solution.
> If that becomes a nuisance, maybe I'll quit screwing around
> and just order new bolts and washers from Todd Clarke.
>
> Thanks for enduring my rambling rant.
>
> Paul Hammarstedt
> MGA basket cases
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