Removing scale from roses

[NickOHH]

I have been messing around with some roses, and have a commission for 5 of them.  Im gettin the hang of all the bending and texturing but am wondering for way to clean up the inside a bit wire brushing only gets the outside and top of the leaves clean but you can still see some scale/ oxidation in between the petals. any tips ideas to try would be great appreciated. 

[Donnie]

Soak overnight in a bowl of vinegar.

[Daswulf]

I've been forming my petals with OA torch. So no real scale.  I suppose a soaking could loosen the scale, media blasting with something less aggressive. 

  How about gun cleaning brushes in a drill? They make some small diameter ones that might get in there. 

[Pancho07]

I'd been wondering about that as well and was going to ask today until I saw this.

[ThomasPowers]

discarded crock pot and some sparex #1

[ausfire]

I give my roses a quick hit with the bead blaster and it cleans up the inside petals very well. I think you can get el cheapo small blasters that attach to your compressor and draw fine sand from a bucket. Good for small jobs like this if you can't justify getting a cabinet model.

[NickOHH]

Thanks for the replies, I may look into a abrasive blaster I think that could come in handy I'll try the vinegar in the mean time.

[Daswulf]

i think HF might have a small bucket blaster. i know tractor supply does. 

[Flankem]

They do. about 50 bucks.  I used one at work once, for what it is it worked great, took the paint off the floor registers. 

 

 

[turbo7]

Try mucking around with your fire Nick, air flow, position of work piece can help keep scale to a minimum. Just a thought.