I bought one for my wife. It was an expression of love. If she isn’t happy, no one is.

As an aside: I find soaking them in lacquer thinner over night and inside a sealed rubbermaid plastic thing I stole from the kitchen works well. Then I dump most of the solvent out, leave some, and shake them to the beat of some good new age music, and then dump em out on a paper towel. If I am in an ornery mood, a good polka or Zamfir music seems to do the trick. Either genre shakes the rust loose.

If necessary I repeat with new solvent. Takes the paint, some rust, and grease right off. A wipe down and soak in zinc phosphate after thread cleaning has been my process.


Last edited by tom moore; 07/23/2019 12:16 PM.

1946 GMC Project
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