Rejuvenate your rusty screws!

Rejuvenate your rusty screws! Now you can refinish rusty screws to their original color at almost no cost.

This is my first Instructable, and I want to send a very warm Thank You! to all the people who has sent so much useful ideas to this site.

Ok, now back into business. Being a guitar technician in Venezuela has forced me to find clever solutions to solve some problems, since almost everything has to be imported and thus are sold at very high prices… if they can be found at all!

Have you seen those tiny screws that are so nicely plated with black chrome? They are very classy until they get RUSTY. And most players around here just balk at the perspective of having to spend up to three times the MSRP of those products, since they all are imported. But sometime ago my brother made a joke, saying it could be cheaper to just use a Sharpie® marker to cover the rust. I tried it and, well, it worked!

Step 1 Materials needed.

Materials:
Rusty black screws.
Black permanent marker, felt tip.
Fingernail polish.
360-grit sandpaper or sanding sponge.

Comments

[bobzjr]

Nicely Done - the nail polish is a good trick. Although you can certainly save some money, it's great to breathe new life into items that might have been thrown out.

[rimar2000]

Nice work. ¿Do you know a liquid flux, which converts the iron oxide in phosphate or something? Perhaps you or any readers can provide me a recipe ...

[curbowman]

I know a spray that does that, but don't remember its name. As soon as I go to the store I'll write it down for you.

[rimar2000]

Do not bother to give me the brand name, because I live in Argentina. Thanks anyway!

[knife141]

A good approach to fix a common problem. Nice instructable!