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What can you do to remove surface rust from jig heads that have sat in a moist environment for to long? Has anyone ever tried soaking them in CLR (calcium, lime, rust remover)? Would some thing like this be too corrosive and eat the paint off if jig heads? Any and all good and proven ideas welcome. I hate to throw away money. Thanks.
I've never had the jig heads rust, but the hooks will rust. If the hooks are rusted I will throw them away and try a different way to store them. I wonder what kind of jig heads you are using that will rust ???
I'm talking about the hook on the jig head. I just hate to toss a bunch a money in the trash.Quote:
Originally Posted by dko
You can heat the lead and reuse it if you pour your own heads.
Next time buy black crome hooks !!!! Bronze hooks are the easiest to rust u can't hardly stop them from rusting . They have to be kept in a air tight location! !!! We do not use bronze hooks in our jigs or minner critters because of them rusting so easy !!!! We only use black or red crome they are a little more expensive but we'll worth it !!!!
Thanks for the suggestions on keeping hooks from rusting. Any suggestion on removing the rust? Guess I will do some experimenting.
Are they plain hooks ???
As far as I can tell.
Thinking new hooks maybe cheaper but...
8 Ways to Remove Rust from Metal - wikiHow
Thanks jk. I will try some of these out.
I would soak them in muriatic acid then rinse with amonia/water solution to nuetralize the acid then rinse in baking soda water and dip in liquid gun blue
There is a story about this...
Two hog farmers were talking about prices. The local farmer said those hogs will bring 50cents a pound on the hoof here in Arkansas, the other said yeah man, but in Omaha they are getting 52 cents a lb on the hoof. The first farmer said "that may be true, but what about the time to get those hogs up to Omaha"? The second replied, "whats time to a hog?"
Unless your time is worthless, just pitch and get a new jig to go fish with.
D10 try putting the jig heads in a glass of Coke Cola for about five minutes and see what happens, you might be surprised.
Conway crappie prefer Dr Pepper��Quote:
Originally Posted by pesce
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