What would you do with this....

[mowkep]

what are my options? Pretty rough shape

 

[mowkep]

Sorry it's a Snap On
Ferret
F-70N

 

[Fedwrench]

Evaporust it!! Clean & lube it internally, use it

 

[PugetDude]

Spray paint it gold and sell it on eBay for $300...

 

[Junkman]

Disassemble, then soak in rust remover. After it is cleaned of all rust, using firearm blueing, or a black oxide finish, reassemble, and call it a great find. Not all Snap On tools were chrome plated.

 

[Coach James]

Take it to Sears and see if they will trade it for one of the coveted Craftsman raised panel ratchets that are so popular with the GJ crowd.

Coach

 

[mowkep]

Lol...maybe I'll just bedazzle it and charge $250??

 

[mowkep]

I'll have to see what the FIL left in the garage. I think there's some gun bluing and possibly rust remover

 

[mowkep]

I got it apart. What an amazingly simple design. Gear looks good just dirty. I'll have to grab some rust remover. Evaporust? Where would I find it, hardware store?

 

[Jason280]

I've always used a fine wire wheel on a bench grinder, at least after a good soaking in carb cleaner.

 

[racingtadpole]

Disassemble it, clean the rust off, copper or zinc plate it (both of which can be done at home with supermarket chemicals)

 

[Bill Bowman]

I got it apart. What an amazingly simple design. Gear looks good just dirty. I'll have to grab some rust remover. Evaporust? Where would I find it, hardware store?

They even have it at our local HF.

 

[EOC_Jason]

You can get evaporust at Tractor Supply cheapest usually...

Lowes carries some WD-40 soak and something that is similar...

You could also soak it in some vinegar or a molasses mix...

Or hit it with a wire wheel...

 

[mowkep]

I got some of the Loctite naval jelly rust dissolver. Hopefully that will work and is safe

 

[mowkep]

Just a little better after applying rust dissolver and soaking everything in engine degreaser. I'll have to get some bluing and finish it up.

 

[B.S.A. (ret.)]

A good start towards your goal. Try hitting it with a wire wheel as someone mentioned above, then some jeweler's rouge and a polishing wheel to really put a finish on it before bluing.

 

[EOC_Jason]

Please say you took the ratcheting assembly apart...

 

[mowkep]

#9. I disassembled it.

 

[AndypCT]

Sorry it's a Snap On
Ferret
F-70N

agreed, evaporust

 

[gungatim]

Disassemble, then soak in rust remover. After it is cleaned of all rust, using firearm blueing, or a black oxide finish, reassemble, and call it a great find. Not all Snap On tools were chrome plated.

Ditto.

I did that to a bunch of the old snap-on metric sockets 1/2" drive, with the silver finish (50's vintage I think).

wire wheeled them down, shot of brakeleen, then gun blue (I prefer the burchwood-casey paste type).

they have a great black finish now. worked so well I re-did some older rusty impact sockets and they look like new.

 

[rsanter]

Disassemble, then soak in rust remover. After it is cleaned of all rust, using firearm blueing, or a black oxide finish, reassemble, and call it a great find. Not all Snap On tools were chrome plated.

Exactly what I was going to say...

Bob

 

[M_George]

I would scrub it with WD40, Super Lube the internals and put it in my collection of old ratchets. The patina looks good the way it is for collectability.

 

[Ole Slewfoot]

Use it everyday, the rust will come off.

 

[anndel]

Evaporust it!! Clean & lube it internally, use it

+1

 

[mowkep]

I decided to give this to my nephew. He'll appreciate it more than me. I visited my son in Virginia and his fishing bug came back. I donated my 5 piece Craftsman pro mini pliers to him and my felo 5 piece screwdriver set to his Airman buddy