LucBartek Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I acquired this peter wright for Christmas. Best gift ever. Decent shape, a little rough around the edges but all in all good shape. I want to clean the thing up a bit. I’m assuming taking a wire wheel to it is my best bet? How do u guys clean up your anvils? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CtG Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Purty! My 1-0-12 Christmas present got treated to an un-braided/un-knotted (so, standard crimp style) wire brushing via a 4.5" grinder followed by an oiling. Let's see some more pics of the girl once you freshen her up a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 A very nice looking 131 pound P/W and a wire wheel is all I use to clean anvils up, then rub some BLO (boiled linseed oil) on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucBartek Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 Looks like we both got spoiled for Christmas lol. Thanks guys I’ll definitely post some pics after I get it buffed and oiled up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Generally I clean any lose rust off with a powered wire brush and then just forge hot steel on the face---it will shine it up nicely if you do enough of it! Here in the desert I don't put anything on them; back in a more humid clime I used to use BLO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentForge Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Beewax also works for keeping the rust away, I generally use a mixture of linseed oil and beeswax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 SF do you use boiled linseed oil or just plain linseed oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentForge Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I use boiled linseed oil, my fault for saying it incorrectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaamax Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 That is a good looking anvil you got there. Personally, I don't clean my anvils unless they have heavy orange rust. What you have there is what I would call a century's worth of patina and I wouldn't touch it. As said earlier, just start using it and the face will shine right up. Much better than any wire wheel could ever do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Wire wheel and ATF for me, but anything will do, orange oil, wax, wd40. Avoid anything that stays sticky afterwards like lanolin or linseed oil, unless diluted with turps or petrol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucBartek Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 4:53 PM, aaamax said: That is a good looking anvil you got there. Personally, I don't clean my anvils unless they have heavy orange rust. What you have there is what I would call a century's worth of patina and I wouldn't touch it. As said earlier, just start using it and the face will shine right up. Much better than any wire wheel could ever do. Ya that’s very true. There is a lot of history behind these old anvils cleaning them up more than necessary is taking that away from them in a sense. Didn’t really think about that until now. Thanks for your comment. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaamax Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 6:23 AM, LucBartek said: Ya that’s very true. There is a lot of history behind these old anvils cleaning them up more than necessary is taking that away from them in a sense. Didn’t really think about that until now. Thanks for your comment. Cheers Glad you think so Luc. Also the patina is probably the best protective coating short of painting it. Cheers to your terrific anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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