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I am helping to restore a '48 Chevy. We have certain small parts that are rusty. Some are too rusty to use a wire wheel or brush on. There's got to be some solution that, once you dip the rusted parts into, the part comes out like new-clean as a whistle. Can anyone help? Thanks

I have been restoring antique cars and building street rods and hot rods for over 25 years, and I've never seen a product like that. If there was, people wouldn't have to grind on their old cars at all, they could dip them in a magic solution.

You can soak the part and scrub it in a parts washer with kerosene or something similar, but it takes work to make it like new.

Too many people see the TarnX commercials on TV and think that it works on everything. Believe me, it doesn't. And BTW-don't ever use TarnX on chrome. It will cause it to lift and peel off.

Get the tools out and apply elbow grease like the rest of us. There is no magic potion out there other than hard work, sandblasting and scrubbing and sanding by hand.

Eastwood sells products that remove rust from small parts.Rust Remover is one they sell and it works.I tried this stuff myself,the rust remover.With the rust remover,pour it in a container you do not care about,putting the parts in overnight soaking them.It comes out with the rust gone,rinsing the solution off with water,drying them off with a rag and you can dump it down the drain since it will not harm the enviroment

Someone suggested naval jelly and the minute they said the words I remembered that it does what I need it to do. Thanks for the response.

http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp

If the parts are paintable use POR15. It is an amazing rust inhibitor which I personally use.