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03.05.25, 5:06 PM
EACIII

Not Formula car related

I am restoring an 75 year old car for vintage racing that has been apart for like 40 years. I have a lot of rusty hardware I need to clean. Question which should I get, a tumbler or ultrasonic.

Before someone says to buy all new, a lot of it is odd one off parts and strange threads. The currently available replacements are mostly off shore junk, the original stuff is better in most cases. The engine has modern rods and I was able to find ARP main and head studs that work - so no worried there.

Ed
03.05.25, 7:35 PM
stonebridge20

Ed,

I've got a guy that does Lazer rust removal.

He picks up and drops off at my shop.
03.05.25, 8:05 PM
DanW

Evaporust works really well at reasonable cost.
03.06.25, 12:58 PM
EACIII

Evaporrust

OK, I will try the Evaporust before I go an buy another tool.

Ed
03.06.25, 1:18 PM
JHerscher

Evaporust

Quicker results if warmed. A fish tank heater would work.

I bet you could use it in an ultrasonic, which has heater too.

In any case, beware of rapid flash rust after removing. Get them rinsed, dried, and misted with some sort of barrier like WD40 pdq.
03.06.25, 2:00 PM
EACIII

Which one

I see there are two available. The Heavy Duty and the Super safe. Which is recommended? There is a price difference between the two.
03.06.25, 5:09 PM
DanW

Quote:

Originally Posted by EACIII

I see there are two available. The Heavy Duty and the Super safe. Which is recommended? There is a price difference between the two.

Heavy duty if you want bare metal.