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I’ve been working on treating the rust on this chassis. I took Arran’s advice and used a rag dampened with vinegar, and pressed it onto the rust. I did that for about 24 hours, but re-wet the rag with vinegar about halfway through. It loosened up a bit of the rust, but I’ve got more work to go. This here is the result after using a brush, some grade 0000 steel wool, some 320 grit sand paper, and even a wire wheel on my drill to attack that large rust spot on top of the RF sub chassis. It looks better, but there’s still some rough material that is ever so slowly chipping off. Here’s a before and after. I covered the nearby tube socket with electrical tape to keep it dry, in case you’re wondering what that’s about.

   

   

I may change tactics. I was afraid to jump to naval jelly if I didn’t first plan to empty the chassis, because I thought you had to rinse the naval jelly off with running water and neutralize with baking soda. But I’ve been reading online and it sounds like you can use smaller amounts of it without so much hassle. Apparently I can wipe it up with a wet rag to clean off the leftover naval jelly. Does that sound right?

Edit: I forgot to mention that the hinges for the speaker panel that pulls out for the turntable cleaned up much better. I was able to soak them in vinegar, and it was more successful.