Spot-treating rust on a hand plane

Brett;

You might try some Evaporust. It should not react on anything but the rust and it’s non-toxic.

You can get it at Tractor Supply (best price) and Harbor Freight.

-- Rick Gustafson - Lost Creek Ranch - Colorado County, Texas

Thanks. I’ve used Evapo-Rust on plane bodies before, but only when I didn’t care if the jappaning came off. Has anyone one had bad experiences with Evapo-Rust removing good-quality japanning?

-- More tools, fewer machines.

Evapo rust has worked great for me too.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Brett, I think that if Evaporust lifts the Japanning, it’s coming off eventually anyway. That’s probably a good thing because you don’t want a rust sandwich b/w the japanning and the metal. I’ve spot-buffed-off japanning before using a powered brash brush, cleaned the metal with acetone, then touched it up with automotive paint. This was many years ago and I haven’t noticed a change. That’s a very desirable plane, so I understand why you’d want to be the least aggressive as possible. Good luck!

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog