Rusty spoons!

[Oldskoolfool]

Hi Pitsters

I have a couple of Lucky Strike Lizard spoons in silver/gold finish that appear to be rusting!

Given them a polish with fine wire wool & Brasso which has helped.

My only assumption is that they are made of plated steel not brass

The only solution I can think of is a paint job

[Mike J]

A bit of clear epoxy or varnish will do it.
Better still use Araldite, warm the spoon up and it will smooth out better. Its tooth proof as well

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[Kevin O'Keeffe]

Does it retain that blingy shine though Mike? Got a few tarnished Lizards myself too.

[Mike J]

Does it retain that blingy shine though Mike? Got a few tarnished Lizards myself too.

Pends what you call shine?
Those Ive down went down 10-15% but Im no fan of shiny things for pike anyways.

Try it and see, you can always scrape it off of its not what you want.

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[Mark Phillips]

A bit of clear epoxy or varnish will do it.
Better still use Araldite, warm the spoon up and it will smooth out better. Its tooth proof as well

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Just saw this - use araldite It doesn't dry clear and certainly doesn't like water. Great advice that

If you want to polish spoons to get a mirror like finish, which 100% will catch you more pike - if they're rusted or really dirty, first clean them up with sanding sponges, progressively using smaller grits, then polish using Autosol. Nothing can touch that to get a mirror finish.

If it's a re-paint, then sand down to the metal, grey or white primer from a rattle can, then paint either using rattle cans or an airbrush - coat with epoxy that's waterproof and dries clear, such as Envirotex - pour on and let it drip-dry near a warm heat source, e.g. a radiator. All very easy to do... and to create stripes use masking tape, for scales - lay an old landing net mesh over the surface.