Hi to all - I just registered on this site and I have a question to ask:
I collect farm wrenches, and I'm in the process of making a display of them to hang on the garage walls. Many of them are rusty, and I'd like to clean them up somewhat. They don't have to be pristine, but I'd like to remove most of the rust. I'm experimenting with electrolysis, and it appears to be a good way to remove the rust. Granted, the pitting will remain, but they appear much better having been cleaned.
I find these cleaned wrenches must be coated with something right away or they'll look just as bad in a day or two. So, the question is, what is recommended to spray on (?) or otherwise coat the wrenches with? I've seen collections where all the wrenches have a nice, uniform hard patina of some sort, but I don't know how this is obtained. This issue may well have been addressed on this site, but a quick look through the postings didn't show me what I want to know. Any thoughts will be appreciated.
THANKS!
Plowwrench