Rainmaker's iron laundry
Over the past 30 plus years I have collected buckets of original Model A bolts and small parts. Like most of us I have used various means to clean the hardware for reuse. For one car or one project, almost any way is acceptable but one coffee can a day won't get it in my case! I put about a gallon of bolts at a time in one of those cheap, plastic concrete mixers from Harbor Frieght with a gallon of Mineral spirits. Tumble about 15 minutes, rinse with water and it is amazing how clean things are. My parts are clean enough to go to my bead blaster then through the blackening process.
I wanted to get these bolts out into the Model A market before they wind up in the scrap. Some will be packaged for Hershey. Jane pointed out that she doesen 't understand the logic of spending 3 days and 300 bucks to sell 100 dollars worth of bolts! Hey woman, you are talking to the Rainmaker, not some old fart setting in his rocking chair on the nursing home porch slobbering on his bib.
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