Here we have a vintage Crescent Crestoloy 10” Adjustable Wrench that was looking quite shabby. A quick cleanup and lubrication brings this wrench back to life.
Hello norherman! I have a nice cabinet blaster but I never use it, I have sand media in it and it leaves too many pock marks- Glass beads or walnut shells are much more gentle but very expensive. Thanks very much! 😃👍
I derusted mine but I had no clue that these could polish up so nice with a wire wheel. I did get lucky as my set screw was not welded and unscrewed easily. I picked mine from a 5 gallon bucket of rusted wrenches and the Crestoloy I snagged was the best wrench of the lot.
Yeah buddy! I just got a Vintage Diamond adjustable wrench. Too bad the green rubber grip was split....but it cleaned up so nice. Thanks for the inspiration and all your great videos.
Bad luck with the weld, Luckily my grandpas old 15" is cleaning up great! but there's no way to hide the fact that this was a hammer for years. and for a repetitive task too there are grooves in it he clearly didn't want to bring a hammer and a wrench to the job.
Hello 7ohannes! I always look for tools with surface rust, many times they can be bought for a song! It's the corrosion and pitting you have to stay away from! Thanks very much!
I just wire brushed an old pair of tin snips, and it turned out to be a Crescent S-412. Did I do good on it? Also almost done cleaning up the drill. Have a great day. And thank you for your channel.
Hello Scott, Crescent made two popular version tin snips, the T-412 and the S-412, the T model was more of a duckbill style while the S model was more traditional style! They made these in Jamestown NY and were well made and of great steel! Great find!!!!! =)
Lifes Journeyman - Whatever chrome process they use must be really strong because I didn't see any chromium being removed by the monster wire brush! Amazing right?!? Thanks!
Hello Michael! Believe it or not I left it alone! After the penetrating fluid and oil the wheel was silky smooth so I didn't bother trying to remove it. The problem always was the pins tend to back out and the spot weld will eliminate that! It worked out very well! Thanks so much!!!!!
Hello Scott, Worth was a pretty popular manufacturer of Tin snips years back! They were competing with Wiss and had to try to get a piece of the market, I don't know how that accomplished that! =)
Hi Bill, WD-40 takes off all the buffing compound... Denatured alcohol I use if I will paint the wrench.., Lately I have been using dish soap to get rid of compound if it isn't too thick... =)
Denatured alcohol also keep it from flash rusting, in prepare to paint. Or in my case when I restore hand planes, keep the flash rust. I may paint the bodies, but the blade and blade chipper (name escapes me at the moment) I live bare metal.
