Good way to remove rust from pins

Hello,

I spent about 20 min. today cleaning rust off a pin before getting out bidded. These people are crazy someone put the bid up to $326.00. Oh sorry, going off on a tangent. What I did is mixed baking soda and water into a paste. I let it set on the rust spots for a min. or so, took a terry cloth and/or micro fiber cloth and rubbed the rust off. Had to repeat a couple of times on some of the rust spots. It also had a little rust on the side of the pin so I just put some baking soda mix on my finger and rubbed the side of the pin. Then rubbed the side again with the terry cloth and baking soda mix. When I was done I wiped the pin down with a new cloth to make sure I got all the backing soda off. It took off all the rust so I'm a happy camper.

Wow, I should do this. I have a BatB easter pin with rust on the back. Thanks for the helpful tips!

You welcome

I'll keep this in mind. Thank you for the tip!

I'm totally gonna try this on one of the pins that I have! Thank you!

Your welcome. It was a little tough doing to a large hinged pin so it probably wont take to long with a smaller pin. I still have two pins left to clean off.

Thanks for posting and oooh noticed you're in San Jose. Norcal pin traders should do a pin trading meet up soon! Like maybe at the Walt Disney Family Museum? ^_^

Thanks for this post! its good help!