AllowyBoy

There are lots of posts about removing rust and each of us swear by our methods from soaking in WD40 to coke to Evaporust from the auto parts stores. If you have a wire wheel, that works great for the tension rods, don't recommend it on the lugs. Some soak the tension rods in Any of the solutions above then "scrub" them with aluminum foil. I prefer a ziplock bag with Evaporust with the parts suspended in an ultrasonic bath, a few cycles and they look like new. It also depends on the extent of the rust. The springs would do great in the Evaporust or wd40. For the lugs, mothers mag polish works like a champ.

If the bottom ones from the BD are the rusty ones I would imagine they may have sat in water. If you don't see any de lamination of the shell then it should be ok. Look around the lug holes that were rusted, you may see some wood de lamination there

Hope some of this helps.

Michael

There you have it, a perfect response.

[QUOTE=CTMichaelV;428814]AllowyBoy

There are lots of posts about removing rust and each of us swear by our methods from soaking in WD40 to coke to Evaporust from the auto parts stores. If you have a wire wheel, that works great for the tension rods, don't recommend it on the lugs. Some soak the tension rods in Any of the solutions above then "scrub" them with aluminum foil. I prefer a ziplock bag with Evaporust with the parts suspended in an ultrasonic bath, a few cycles and they look like new. It also depends on the extent of the rust. The springs would do great in the Evaporust or wd40. For the lugs, mothers mag polish works like a champ.

If the bottom ones from the BD are the rusty ones I would imagine they may have sat in water. If you don't see any de lamination of the shell then it should be ok. Look around the lug holes that were rusted, you may see some wood de lamination there

Hope some of this helps.

Michael[/QUOTE

Yes I completely agree with Jeff, couldn't have been a better response!! Thanks Michael......Cool Dude

Yep, Michael's reply was great! I prefer Evaporust but, I'm sure other methods and products work equally well. No steel wool though!

Brian

Thanks Brian! Got em soaking in EvapoRust right now...Clapping Happy2

Here are a few lugs after soaking in the EvapoRust for just over 3 hours. I'd say it works! The last 3 were the really heavy rusted spring ones from my first post. Shined up the chrome too! Still some residue, but I'm putting them back in for a few more hours. Thanks again Michael and all...Yes Sir

Often, you'll need to soak the parts overnight for good results. Looks like those lugs are coming along beautifully though!

Brian

Not for nothing, but... Rusty Lugs would be a great name for a country music singer. :p

John

That's a great idea, John! Rusty Lugs! Their first single could be, " My Tension Rod Ain't Workin".

Brian