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   Gretchen | May 19, 2005 05:51pm | #1

   Use some Naval Jelly to remove the rust.  What do you want it to "be"--painted or not.  Probably the best way would be to remove the rust and leave the paint.

   Gretchen
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   Len | May 19, 2005 05:57pm | #2

   Mark,

   You can use navel jelly, the active ingrediant is phospheric acid. It smells like urine to me. Any local hardware store will have it. You will need to wire brush the loose stuff off and it won't remove the paint. You might have to use a paint stripper first to get the paint off. It will be just a lot of hand work.

   Hate portable sand blasters. The sand just gets everywhere. If you don't want to do it yourself, Take it to a automotive paint shop. They can sandblast it for you.

    

   Hi, I'm Len and I'm a Toolaholic...
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   MarkRD | May 19, 2005 06:06pm | #3

   Thanks folks. We're going to strip the paint then remove the rust. So we'll start with with ZipStrip then move on to the naval jelly.Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   Gretchen | May 19, 2005 06:30pm | #4

   I know everyone needs to adapt their objets to their decor but the partially painted iron might be pretty good looking.Gretchen

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   MarkRD | May 19, 2005 06:49pm | #5

   Been there. Considered that. Almost agree... But we are going to put it on our electrical box (we have underground power/phone in our neighborhood). We are going to paint the box to match so the cherub will look like an upscale lawn ornament (better than the pink flamingos our church kids stick in people's front yards (they call it "flocking"))...

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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