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Restoring rusted fly-fishing Flies

I have purchased a collection of antique fly-fishing flies. The entire collection has experienced some significant rusting. Short of using a Dremel [on eBay or Amazon] to grind off the majority of the rust, are there products I could use which I could immerse the flies in, which would remove the rust, without attacking the feathers or tying material?

hank you!

Dennis Fitzpatrick
- Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
2003

This should be easy with soaking in a citric acid formulation. What formula to use depends on the details of the metals used in the flies. You can contact us and we can probably give you something that will do the job without hurting the feathers or ties.

Lee Kremer
Stellar Solutions, Inc.

McHenry, Illinois

2003

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