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Removal of rust patches from old V belt?

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choochoo_baloo28/04/2020 20:09:35
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Quick question please:

The "F&F matched" V belts for my mill have some a few rusty patches that look like crispy potato skin, sat on top of the belt. I assume the absorbent belt drew some moisture/surface rust from the static pulleys while machine sat idle for a few years.

I'm guarded against a chemical process that may attack the belt.

Any suggestion welcome!

Robert Butler28/04/2020 22:16:18
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Buy some new belts Robert Butler

Oldiron28/04/2020 22:27:48
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Just scrape off the top crispy bits with a Stanley blade. Then run them on the mill. They will soon clean up. Just check that the belts have not cracked where the rust is.

regards

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