Thread: New to restoration, before I get in over my head

I figured before I dive in head first and realize I left my scuba tank back on the boat I would shoot you masters of metal a message. I have a few blades that need light restoration. Mostly some light rust removal, some darker black rust, mostly dried oil in between the scales turned to black goop. I wanted to know what were the usual supplies that are the basics to have on hand while doing something like this. So far I've just been lightly using alcohol pads, a microfiber cleaning cloth (that is now very very dirty, so I'll have to get another one), and some light non-aggressive jewelry cleaner ment for all metals. What should I use to remove black rust? Oh and how does one go about removing the pins in the scales so I can clean in between them better. ANY help would be greatly appreciated. Help me save these blades!
Thank you ahead of time
-Mike

Check out the "Welcome to the Workshop" stickys. Lots of good how to and supplies info. there.
Good Luck

Yep, as karlej said, try the workshop sticky Welcome to the Workshop: How do I / Where do I / What do I / answers are here there is a good thread on un-pinning razors and some on hand sanding that you will want to have a look at. If you really want to get it cleaned up unpinning and hand sanding would probably be the way to go, but you could do a light sanding and/or polish without unpinning if you prefer.
Grant