The Just Plane Fun follow up to the No45 parts soaking in Evaporust! 

I agree with your premise that rust removal is the primary driving goal. I did not realize that the gray finish resulting from evaporust could be somewhat mitigated by a light 220 scuffing. That was “ worth the price of admission” on this video. Thanks so much!

Great guy Great videos

Great video

Mike, love all your stuff. You make this all a lot of fun.

Another solid video MJ. The planes and parts I got from you are all cleaned up and working fantastic. My unk used tell me "do you want it pretty or working". Thanks again MJ.

Evaporust works just fine .I find people don't like this or that, who cares. The first thing is to identify what you trying to achieve. That's the most important thing and also the RPPC's will always give you heartburn, it's your plane just try not to frigg it up too bad lol, and enjoy the process and the using. Thanks for the vid MJ.

Mike you make this an addictive process almost as addictive as plane fever shavings. Lol Thank you for another cool vid. Well done sir

Good morning brother

I've found that if you pull your parts from Evapo Rust and immediately take a wire brush to them under hot water, I can get rid of a lot of the undesirable grayness, before I even take it to the next step of sanding and buffing. Something about the parts while they're still wet makes it easier to work with. After that, I towel dry and begin the sanding process, followed by the stropping if the part requires it.

There's a guy in a local antique shop that always has Stanley planes but every single one of them has been soaked in Evaporust. It's awful and he wants top dollar for them. I love the stuff for what it does but if the plating is gone, then you need a flat solid surface, several grits of sandpaper and some kind of sanding lubricant. Time to polish.

Enjoy your videos I have a stanley 40 C scrub plane with a type 3 logo on the iron & corrugated botton would it use beech or rosewood the tote & handle are gone

Evaporust gets into (and under) the places that abrasives cannot reach, removes the rust, and gives more life back to the tool by doing that. IMO, dull color steel in an area is better than rusty steel. And when you follow up (on broad areas) with abrasives, it makes it a lot easier to shine up once the rust is gone. Some angry bearded man is gonna take a dump on me now, but it’s okay.