[klondike98]

Joe, thanks for the thoughts.  Some of the rust was just surface rust but where my mouse friends had consistently made their deposits it was pretty well pitted.  I used isopropanol to get the first layer of dirt and crud off followed by some GoJo and then some light wire brushing with a dremel tool to take off most of the surface stuff.  The deeply corroded areas got multiple naval jelly treatments and eventually a heavier duty wire brushing.  I put rustoleum primer on the pitted areas and sanded them down to get them smooth. For the rest of the areas I was trying to use a technique I think Phlogiston recommended of using a grayish paint with some green added to make a "wash" that goes over the areas where the cadmium coating was taken off.  Unfortunately I didn't too too well at it and it looked like crap so I kept going with some rustoleum aluminum. (The fault was my skills, not Russ's approach!!) I did get the wash technique to work pretty well on the dial mounting bracket but I don't happen to have a pic of that yet.  I'm sure I'll get another chance to practice it!  There's always another rusty chassis!

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