Ice auger rust?

i pulled my hand augar out of the closet, and the blades were quite rusted, is there anything i can do to treat them, or should i just buy new ones?

steel wool has done the job for me in the past,be VERY careful around the edge of the blades

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be VERY careful around the edge of the blades

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Boy, you can’t stress this enough. I’ll withhold names to protect the innocent but I can still see the blood flowing from the hand of an unlucky IDO staffer that had an ugly run-in with a auger blade that left his hand gashed and bleeding for the duration of a long weekend out on the ice. If you had access to a pair of heavy leather gloves I’d wear them while doing the touch up work.

a new set of blades may be cheaper than a run to the hospital for stitch’s.

true that

use a Scotch brite pad and u might want a good pair of gloves on your hands 2!!

Good luck and be safe

Disreguard, didnt see it was a hand auger… Ill blame my ADD.

jiffy or strike master?

if they are the jiffy they are chipper and just sharpen with a file keeping the same angle, some strikemaster had chippers too. If they are shavers they might need replaced if the rust damaged the cutting edge.

Sandblast????

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i pulled my hand augar out of the closet, and the blades were quite rusted, is there anything i can do to treat them, or should i just buy new ones?

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Are you kidding me?
It’s not a collector firearm?
Go drill some holes, and some more holes.
If they were sharp, then they still are are.
Off season raises heck with a lot of things.
If we weren’t sitting here waiting for decent ice you would never have asked that question!
Sorry dude
Good luck
cheers

If you do decide to clean them I would suggest using a fillet glove for protection.
Otherwise I would just use it. The rust will come off after a few times.