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[kinzel]

My bad news so far today is that my favorite cat-shaped cokkiie cutteris rusty...and today is cookie day...___

Comments

[doccolt.livejournal.com]

WD-40 and real fine steel wool work pretty well on rust. Good luck. Sam

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Steel wool yes, but you might want to go with a food-grade oil. WD-40 is a persistent bastard.

[melita66.livejournal.com]

Put it in a ziploc baggie or just loosely lay a sheet of saran(tm) wrap over the dough.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

A bag of sand also works on rust, and food oil will also help keep it off.

rust

[(Anonymous)]

Vinegar. Place said rusty cookie cutter in a stainless or Corning ware pan. Add enough 50/50 vinegar/water mix to cover at least the rusty spots. The trick now, is to put it over medium heat. Cold vinegar works VERY slow. Warm it up to "just hotter than you can hold your finger in for more than a second" and and you'll be amazed how fast the rust comes off. If you leave it too long this will remove any zinc plating there may be too. But if enough of the plating were still there it wouldn't have rusted in the first place, so I don't worry about that at this point in the game. When the rust is gone just rinse with water (if the rust was heavy you may need to do a bit of scrub brushing at this point) and dry. I would suggest a light wipe down with pure mineral oil for rust prevention in future. It's often recommended as being safe for wooden salad bowls and the like. I've also seen walnut oil suggested.
Speaking of cookies, I guess I'd better be getting started myself. Biscotti I think, no cutters needed.

Good luck and happy holidays, whatever ones you're celebrating.
Erik,

Re: rust

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Once rusted, twice shy. Since this cutter is not one piece but has overlapping layers of metal it is now an ornament -- I can't see what's left beneath the fold.

cat cookie cutter

[(Anonymous)]

EBay has all manner of reasonable cat cookie cutters. Maybe Santa should bring you a new one.

Barb in Bandon