surface rust - how to clean

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RancherSam

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I have an engine hoist/lift with a cylinder piston that has been in the open/extended position for a while and it has some surface rust on it. How do I clean it up to make the piston look new and shiny again? Thanks for all the replies and happy new year.

Sam
 
   / surface rust - how to clean #3  
Not sure if this is the exact term, but we always used emory cloth. It's real similar to sand-paper.
 
   / surface rust - how to clean #4  
i would be against using emery cloth might scratch the surface and cause the cylinder and cause it to leak.go to walmart or a good auto parts store and get a product called never dull it is a wooding polish it is made by eagle one.it is not very expensive but it truly does an amazing job on surface rust.
 
   / surface rust - how to clean #6  
I use 400 grit and wd40 which keeps the sandpapers bite down on things like that.
 
   / surface rust - how to clean #9  
I'd use the steel wool and then a product like "The Must for Rust" that has phosphoric acid in it to protect the metal from rusting.

The 400 grit and the scotch brite pads can take off a fair bit of metal if you are not careful.
 
   / surface rust - how to clean #10  
green scrubing pad and wd40. Dont use to much pressure.
 
 

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