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I am starting to clean up rust of my new 10ee on the ways. What is the best method? Nothing is scaled, just discolored.
Lee
The maroon scotchbrite has some serious abrasive in it ... -- before I grew a brain, I used one of the maroon pads on my car's windshield and badly scratched the glass (the scratches were only along the edge, but it still annoyed me). ...
I took some pictures as follows. It looks worse in the pictures. Cleaning the top of the apron is no big deal. I have had luck in the past with the copper wire brush but wondered if anyone had luck with anything else.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/album.php?albumid=148
Lee
If it has rust on the ways the saddle needs to come off anyway so scotchbrite will work just fine. Cutting one piece of raw cast iron will put more grit into your machine than polishing the ways with scotchbrite. Clean the machine with a solvent of your choice till the rag is clean and no worries.
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