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Check out Leonard Jed in Baltimore. They have supplied the steel mills and ship yards, when there were mills and ship building, in this area long before most of us were around. I buy all my fasteners there at a reasonable price. They carry common head and phillips machind screws,along with just about everything you might want? They will match most fasteners if you send them something special. Paul www.severngaspumps.com

At the risk of stating the obvious, once you have stripped your screws you have to recoat them with something to keep them from rusting. On my projects I have found the best way to both strip and protect screws/ nuts/ washers/ fittings is to have them zinc plated. It costs next to nothing and the plater strips them with acid then zincs them wihich can be done in silver, a yellow tint simulating cadmium, or black. You could also have them nickel plated for a couple of bob more if that's appropriate for your pump. Here in the UK I can get all the steel fittings and hardware for a pump done for around $15. Well worth the 2 week wait.

- D

Using a Fine wirewheel and some good ole Phosphoic acid is probably yer best bet ! Ed Shaver

Overnight in a tumbler and they come out like new. Brass, steel or whatever. Small parts too that are too hard to blast.
I know several people that use them.