used taps????

[rinert]

Today I bought some used equipment and it had about 140 used taps after going through them most have some rust on them. I am putting them in a bath of vinager and water. I am wondering if any one has any other ideas.

[Flat47]

Someone on here (I think) once said to put them in a clean empty paint can with some sand and have the local hardware store shake the paint can. It's the same idea as a tumbler for cleaning brass for ammo reloading, except you don't have to go buy a tumbler. That said, the folks at the hardware store may want to know ahead of time what they're shaking. I bet a can of taps and sand is heavy and loud.

[PerryW]

The little wire brushes to clean 1/2 inch copper pipe fittings before soldering work good to scrape the rust off the inside of the spouts. Steel wool or wire brush on the outside.

[3rdgen.maple]

cement mixer and sand. Done it many times in the past and passed that tip along on the trader a few times. Everyone that tried it loved the end results.

[Farmboy]

Make sure the sand is dry! If it's wet or damp it will pack and stick in every nook and crany of the tap. Don't ask how I no.

[elm creek guy]

I used a 20 gauge shotgun brush attached to a dewalt drill worked great I was only worried about the inside though