cckemm Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 After much time and looking scored 2 anvils in 1 month. One of them had spent quite a bit of time outside and had a real good thick layer of rust on it. I cleaned up the rust on the top with the angle grinder and still have loads of pits, should I worry about that at all or just leave them go? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Leave them be. Trying to grind them out will take decades of life off the face. You may even end up grinding through it to the soft wrought or cast underneath and ruining an otherwise perfectly usable anvil. If you need a bright finish to forge on make a hardy tool. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cckemm Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 ok, that is kinda what i thought, really just cleaned the rust off to the point I can see the steel again. Thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 10 hours of bounding hot metal on that anvil will put a shine to the face (grin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 (edited) I would suggest a wire cup and/or a 3M pad to gently remove rust rather than a grinding wheel. The enclosed photograph shows the difference between the area of an anvil where a wire cup was used to remove mud and rust, versus the area still caked in mud. The anvil was found encased in mud in a mid-1800s barn. Since the anvil is wrought iron, there was extremely little pitting. My wife requested that the anvil be set-up as her anvil. Edited August 15, 2009 by UnicornForge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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