leehljp
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In addition to finding a good stash of pen kits from when I lived in Japan, I found my good drill bits (about 20 for pens) that I used over there. The majority are metric but a few are inch/fraction and all are very high quality not found in home centers, there or here.
Anyway, when I packed them up in the summer of 2010, I had drilled some acrylic (I think) with 4 and did not clean them. (I usually do on my good bits.) 1. Some acrylic or something residual is still on a few. 2. There is a small touch of rust on a few, a couple with spots in the flutes themselves, and 3 or 4 with rust spots on the base. So the cleaning will require two separate methods probably. I am surprised that there is so little rust after setting up for 14 years.
I do not want to use steel wool of any kinds, not any kind of grit no matter how fine. The flute edges are very smooth and sharp as are the bits' cutting edges, which are still sharp and shiny.
ANY Ideas on the best way to clean quality bits to get acrylic/dirt off and also to get rust off without hurting the flute edges?
My dad had a bunch of tools here at home ( in the USA ) and I had my tools over there. Since returning I have basically been using many of the tools my dad had, so I have not fully unpacked all of my "stuff" from the years I lived overseas.
Anyway, when I packed them up in the summer of 2010, I had drilled some acrylic (I think) with 4 and did not clean them. (I usually do on my good bits.) 1. Some acrylic or something residual is still on a few. 2. There is a small touch of rust on a few, a couple with spots in the flutes themselves, and 3 or 4 with rust spots on the base. So the cleaning will require two separate methods probably. I am surprised that there is so little rust after setting up for 14 years.
I do not want to use steel wool of any kinds, not any kind of grit no matter how fine. The flute edges are very smooth and sharp as are the bits' cutting edges, which are still sharp and shiny.
ANY Ideas on the best way to clean quality bits to get acrylic/dirt off and also to get rust off without hurting the flute edges?
My dad had a bunch of tools here at home ( in the USA ) and I had my tools over there. Since returning I have basically been using many of the tools my dad had, so I have not fully unpacked all of my "stuff" from the years I lived overseas.