Can the pits be filled with liquid metal filler?
Failing that, you'll have to rub them out with wet 'n' dry but that'll take ages.
Can the pits be filled with liquid metal filler?
Failing that, you'll have to rub them out with wet 'n' dry but that'll take ages.
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There are a few methods that you could use to fill the pits after all rust has been removed. (some mentioned above)
1) Soft solder.
2) A hard solder such as silver solder or brazing.
3) Welding.
4) An epoxy body filler.
Only the welding method will allow reblueing, as you are putting steel back in the holes.
Silver solder and braze will blacken with brass black, but this will probably not match the blacking on the surrounding steel.
Epoxy filler is the easiest, and once smoothed down could be painted.
You might find a vintage cycle/motorcycle restoration service that could do the work for you, as the principle would be like restoring a pitted cycle/motorycle frame.
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You need someone with a fast buffing machine, a complete set of abrasive wheels and hot bluing kit
Its about an hour and a halfs work all in but obviously depending how deep the pits are you will change the dimensions of the work
If you were closer I'd do it for you
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Thanks for the ideas, the pits aren't really deeper enough to fill but are deep enough to make rubbing them out buy hand very hard !
Will have to see if my dad has got any buffing wheels as he has a lathe and all sorts of other wonderful bits and bobs !
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