I will indeed try the citric acid as a more cost effective solution.
I have sprayed the cleaned parts in light oils and they are being stored now in a covered plastic container. Many thanks again.
Many many thanks for all your help - I found I have some citric acid but also found some 'Evapo-Rust Rust Converter' in the shed that I had bought some years ago and forgotten ever to try. I soaked the first batch of parts for about 15 hours, and then also your responses made me realise I could...
Hi all - have just joined !
My workshop was flooded a while back, and having had a lot of health issues, has taken me a while to get back to sorting out.
Just for starters I found a box of fly-press tools/punches that were in a box with plenty of damp that had rusted quite a bit (see pic for...