New project acquired. My in-laws wheelbarrow. My son wanted to toss it, his grandmother wanted it tossed, but his grandfather pointed out they had the wheelbarrow since they first got married sometime in the 60's. Already ordered replacement handles and wedge pieces, now deciding how far I go with the metal restoration. On the plus side, all the undoubtedly leaded 1960's paint long gone, lol. Now, to decide on removing the rust or just covering it up after some metal brushing.... #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #repair
First step, a little PB Blaster and some work with two garage sale adjustable wrenches. Pb Blaster really reeks. Ends up a lot of the bolts are rust with no threads. #ReduceRepairReuseRecycle #repair
@ai6yr I’ll up your all rust. This was once a ½” bolt that attached the one of the railing posts to my mom’s deck. Just a sharp spike now. Also, this is the only one I found, plenty of empty holes though. It’s amazing the railing never gave way.
@rand @ai6yr Darn O2 atmosphere. You wouldn’t have had this problem back in the Archean.