Phil,
There is some stuff called Evaporust that I'm pretty sure wouldn't harm the plastic. It doesn't hurt skin or paint in my experience... You could just pour the handle full like a cup and leave it sit a couple of days, then rinse out with hot water (so it would dry quickly). That should do it...
Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ USA
On 10/26/07, Phil Sieg <triodelover@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I've just obtained a Bluemel's Tour de France celluloid frame pump. The
> compression spring - the one inside the handle - is rusty and causes the
> pump to stick when compressed. Is there a good way to remove the spring
> without destroying the plastic handle? Clean it in place? I'm pretty
> sure naval jelly would eat the plastic handle.
>
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> Phil Sieg
> Knoxville, Tennessee
> USA