Is it a good idea to remove rust from an antique?

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spastic acrobat asked:


I have an old Dazey butter churn and the gears are rusted, but it still works perfectly.

THEODORE
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One Response to “Is it a good idea to remove rust from an antique?”

  1. EDDIE Says:
    November 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 am

    MORTON

    no, try to leave the piece intact, you could put some cooking oil on the gears to keep them working, but don’t use any chemicals to clean up the rust.