Removing Rust from Paper Clips

RE: Removing Rust from Paper Clips By oredwine1933 (Guest Post) I read somewhere that to remove rust from a bolt you could try covering it with ammonia. I have applied it in "small situations" and let it soak, and it worked. Be sure to use a mask for protection from odor of ammonia. Also Coca Cola works, I have read. Posted on 12/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Rust from Paper Clips By Poor But Proud (529) Contact String them together in different lengths, and make a wind chime out of them. It will be a pleasant way to celebrate your trip to the dollar tree to get some bright, colored, plastic coated ones! Posted on 12/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Rust from Paper Clips By Lynn (750) Contact I do believe in being thrifty, but at 50 cents a box, I don't know if it's worth trying to save them. Posted on 12/11/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Rust from Paper Clips By kimhis (1411) Contact Put them in a jar, add half a cup of sand, and attach it to some revolving thing like your car's tires (kidding!). Or you could rig a way so it gets shaken really well each time someone opens a door. I know, no help at all. Posted on 12/10/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Rust from Paper Clips By Noella (249) Profile Contact Actually paper clips don't cost that much. I'd just throw them away. Posted on 12/10/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Rust from Paper Clips By Barb in Tennessee (82) Contact You know I think that I might purchase two or three cans of spray paint from the Dollar Store, and spray them different colors. Sort of a lazy way to do it, without doing all the cleaning and scrubbing. There is even a special spray paint for painting items that have rust on them. Especially for metal things that are used outdoors. Get a shallow cardboard box from the grocery store. ( you know how they cut the sides down to put the canned goods in the shelf ??) Add a layer of waxed paper so the wet clips won't stick to the box. Scatter the paper clips on the wax paper. Then Spray Away; First one side, allow to dry, then turn them over. You'll have such fancy colored paper clips. Everybody is gonna want some. Posted on 12/10/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Rust from Paper Clips By jwrh626 (117) Contact Have you tried a "bath" with Coca Cola? I hear it is a good rust remover. Posted on 12/10/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Rust from Paper Clips By Kaelle (337) Contact This video looked interesting and cheap and easy. They use Alka Seltzer tablets to remove rust: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/524908/cheap_rust_remover/ Beats using a bunch of nasty chemicals most rust removers have in them. After you clean them be sure to move them elsewhere. Possibly remove them from the boxes into something better (not plastic & lidded if you can help it). You could also put 1 or 2 of those "DO NOT EAT" packettes they put in aspirin bottles etc (silica gel packs I think they are) or I have heard even adding a piece of chalk will help draw the moisture to prevent future rust. Posted on 12/09/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Removing Rust from Paper Clips By Jane (Guest Post) If it were me, I'd use some Bar Keeper's Friend (look at the powdered cleansers area in your grocery) or another mild rust remover. The rust should come off, but making them shiny again...well, I don't think it's going to happen. You can keep the rust from coming back by threading them on fishing line and hanging them up outside. Give them a good misting (not a heavy coat or they won't open up again) with a polyurethane spray. Or clip them on a cotton line and do the same thing. Best idea I have for you... Well, actually, the best idea is throw them out and get new ones. Your time is worth more than the trouble you will have to go through. Posted on 12/09/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

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