Iron Relic Clean Up

61chip · Apr 27, 2016

I found a few iron relics at the JGD Cutovers hunt that I cleaned with white vinegar then hit the flash rust with a wire brush on a dremel. I then sprayed with clear matte finish. I'm really pleased with how they turned out, especially the curb chain. It was a rusted together hunk when I dug it. It's a slow process though. Soaked the curb chain abouta week . Before and after pics

VA-REB · Apr 27, 2016

Nice job, Chip

Dsm_mechva · Apr 27, 2016

looks good !

Ricki7 · Apr 27, 2016

Nice job. , congrats
HH

rreahard · Apr 27, 2016

Nice work!

MoBob · Apr 27, 2016

Hey buddy those items really turned out nice, nice job.

61chip · May 5, 2016

Thanks Guys

NectarDetector · May 5, 2016

That's cool... I've STILL never tried electrolysis :lol:

matmit · May 5, 2016

Very nice job, those look real good!

Jressman · May 6, 2016

Looks great!!

I just found a colonial child's iron shoe buckle. I cooked it in electrolysis and sealed it with wax.

Before

After

DirtyPockets · May 6, 2016

Those turned out very nice.

gtoast99 · May 14, 2016

That curb chain in particular turned out awesome. That must have been a tricky one with all the individual pieces.

61chip · May 16, 2016

NectarDetector said:
That's cool... I've STILL never tried electrolysis

I have never tried it either. Not sue if the curb chain would have survived

matmit said:
Very nice job, those look real good!

Thanks, matmit!

Jressman said:
Looks great!!

I just found a colonial child's iron shoe buckle. I cooked it in electrolysis and sealed it with wax.

Before

After

Thanks! Your buckle turned out great too

DirtyPockets said:
Those turned out very nice.

Thanks!

gtoast99 said:
That curb chain in particular turned out awesome. That must have been a tricky one with all the individual pieces.

Thanks, Tony! I really took my time on the curb chain. Some of the links are paper thin

Seven · May 23, 2016

Great job on the cleanup Chip.

61chip · May 24, 2016

Seven said:
Great job on the cleanup Chip.

Thanks, buddy. Cleaning finds is one area of detecting I think I need to greatly improve my performance on. Of course, I may just need to find some stuff in better shape to start with :laughing:

I am pretty pleased with how the curb chain came out, though

Seven · May 26, 2016

61chip said:
Thanks, buddy. Cleaning finds is one area of detecting I think I need to greatly improve my performance on. Of course, I may just need to find some stuff in better shape to start with

I am pretty pleased with how the curb chain came out, though

Yeah it looks great. I'm doing a few items in electrolysis and having pretty good luck, it just takes a lot of time to cut through the rust.

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