Courtesy of an historical boot leak my tool kit has gone rusty.
Is there a lovely chemical that will remove the rust without the need to repaint?
Thanks.
Cleaning up BMW tool kit
Cleaning up BMW tool kit
2001 Z3 2.2 Topaz Blue (Trudy) - Keeper rebuilt from a write-off
2002 Z3 2.2 Titan Silver (Cookies) - Keeper rebuilt having been bought with a seized engine
2002 Z3 3.0 Sapphire Black (Peanut) - Keeper awaiting rebuilding having been bought as an abandoned project
Plus Willy, Kodak & Maycee - All 2.2 Sport projects. Yes, 6 is a lot of Z3s
Always happy to try and help with spares
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Re: Cleaning up BMW tool kit
Use Coca Cola and kitchen aluminium foil and some elbow grease for a cheap method. Alternate is Mother's Metal polish or Autosol Metal polish - they both work extremely well at removing surface rust of polished metal surfaces. For pained surfaces like the jack, best is a chemical rust remover and then Hammerite paint. There's a Hammerite Smooth Direct to Rust product which will work very well if you don't get all the rust out of nooks etc.
Re: Cleaning up BMW tool kit
Thanks. Definitely a job to subcontract to the kids I think (lad 12 & girl 17). They actually like cleaning stuff. The lad did an excellent job of removing years worth of build up from the alloys and polishing out a number of scratches on the panels. His little fingers were also excellent for feeding the boot lid loom back in
2001 Z3 2.2 Topaz Blue (Trudy) - Keeper rebuilt from a write-off
2002 Z3 2.2 Titan Silver (Cookies) - Keeper rebuilt having been bought with a seized engine
2002 Z3 3.0 Sapphire Black (Peanut) - Keeper awaiting rebuilding having been bought as an abandoned project
Plus Willy, Kodak & Maycee - All 2.2 Sport projects. Yes, 6 is a lot of Z3s
Always happy to try and help with spares
Re: Cleaning up BMW tool kit
sand it all back and just hit with some zinc paint
Re: Cleaning up BMW tool kit
Yep, thats the one5harp3y wrote:sand it all back and just hit with some zinc paint
Re: Cleaning up BMW tool kit
Comments are appreciated. I'm not being lazy saying I don't want to repaint. I just like keeping everything as original as possible
2001 Z3 2.2 Topaz Blue (Trudy) - Keeper rebuilt from a write-off
2002 Z3 2.2 Titan Silver (Cookies) - Keeper rebuilt having been bought with a seized engine
2002 Z3 3.0 Sapphire Black (Peanut) - Keeper awaiting rebuilding having been bought as an abandoned project
Plus Willy, Kodak & Maycee - All 2.2 Sport projects. Yes, 6 is a lot of Z3s
Always happy to try and help with spares
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Re: Cleaning up BMW tool kit
also please some pictures of the setup of the battery clamp as mine does not seem to be put back right i have a long threaded bar but not attached to anything...