Jacks - cleaning
I started to clean the jacks on the TCer. Only one was really bad with a lot of rust so I took a drill and a couple brass wire disks and cleaned them all up. Now they are looking pretty clean but al...
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After doing a good cleaning on some of the jacks with the navel jelly the weather turned rainy and snowy. Sure enough some of the rust started to come back (some more just a rust satin than anything), so yesterday I went out and did some research and found several products at my local Princess Auto that claim to waterproof and stop rust. The active ingredient is Lanolin, a couple of the products actually say they reverse rust damage. Picked up one made by a company called Lloyd's (a Canadian company so may not be available in the US). They say it can be applied over wet metal and it will work, so gave it a shot. Well it took hold even to the wet and cold metal, did loosen some of the lighter rust (more the stain than actual rust) but in a couple places with heavier rust that I never got to clean it did nothing like the NJ did.
I applied the Lanolin and then took a rag and wiped off the heavy accumulation around bolts and brackets and then tried wiping this on my window frames, they are not rusted but have some oxidation on them. WOW, they look new!!! Then tried some on the stainless and the aluminum and it cleaned them up as well. Took away any oxidation or stains and looks very nice.
Hopefully this will stop the rusting in the future and keep the oxidation away for another 10 years or so.
I applied the Lanolin and then took a rag and wiped off the heavy accumulation around bolts and brackets and then tried wiping this on my window frames, they are not rusted but have some oxidation on them. WOW, they look new!!! Then tried some on the stainless and the aluminum and it cleaned them up as well. Took away any oxidation or stains and looks very nice.
Hopefully this will stop the rusting in the future and keep the oxidation away for another 10 years or so.
