can this be cleaned up?
 

While checking for an electrical gremlin I decided to remove the fuse blocks from my car. They have some serious corrosion on them but seemed to working fine.
Can these be cleaned up and how would you do it?
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The front sides seem fine.
Thanks
Steve

My 2 cents would be if you don't want to replace them w/ new you could do a very light bead blast on your parts, then as long as you cover up the contact lug holes you could use a rattle can and a clear coat. Also I'm guessing you could wash the parts in baking soda and a brass brush to clean everything. Or a combination of both...

Im a big fan of this stuff for most metal cleaning

Noxon 7® Metal Polish (6233800117) - Metal Polish & Cleaners - Ace Hardware

It will get rid of, rust, corrosion, dirt, carbon scoring, etc. etc. I use it to clean up all kinds of metal for all different purposes, including electrical stuff.

Best
Dave

I'd spend time to rework what you've got,..it certainly CAN be reworked/cleaned. That is, as long as nothing's "loose"...

BEST!

Doyle

That would be my non-toxic approach also.

30 minutes in evaporust and that corrosion will be gone. Keeping it from coming back is another thing.....

Good old white vinegar will do wonders.

Fine emery cloth will work well.

Cleaning Corrosion...
 

Great suggestion, I would try this first... Cheap, easy, and non-evasive...

Ultrasonic cleaner?
With the correct water-based fluid...would probably do a good job.
I have used one of those with Tri-chlorethelene 111 in the tank...and heated...it does a fantastic job...and dries almost instantly.
Bob

vinegar

BUT if you have it all out, why not put in a modern fuse box?

Thanks for the suggestions. I soaked it 50/50 water vinegar and holy crap did that ever do the trick. I will post some pictures of it clean tomorrow.
As for the modern fuse box, I thought about it but this one has worked fine for 30 years and it's a lot less work than mocking up a new one. Now if I can just find my intermittent ground fault on the starter wiring I'll be happy
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Steve - nice work - look fwd to the pics. One question please, is that oxidation, or did some plating come off of the screws and rear buss jumpers (in the before pics)? And if oxidation, did this do the trick, or did the bath just remove the white fuzz?

1. Wire brush
2. A light spray of WD-40
3. Reinstall
4. Don't ever worry about it again. ;)

Look at it this way... in all these years that's as bad as it's got. How many more years will it be before it's a problem again? (hint: many)

Drive, enjoy! :D

-Dan

oops
 

Looks like I was a bit late to the party. :)

Glad you got it sorted out. Vinegar does do wonderful things.

-Dan

Thanks again for all the replies. I soaked them in 50/50 vinegar and water, scrubbed them with an old toothbrush, dried them and sprayed them with a little CRC 2-26. Came out great and hopefully going back in this afternoon
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Steve

It's all back in
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Nice job-I simply wired brushed and emery clothed mine - but that looks so good I guess its on my winter job list!
- PS my electrical gremlin is STILL not solved!

Look great...

One more project for the winter if everything go as plan this Saturday (my Winter/Spring/Summer project) :eek::D:eek:

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