Screws

fantastic98

Hi. I'm trying unsuccessfully to remove rusty screws from a piece of wood but can't do it. I used GT7 but to no avail. I spray it and some rust appears at the top of screw. Any info appreciated. I live in Galway and am wondering if there's any place that would be able to remove them.. cheers tom..

the_pen_turner

what type of screws. whats it into .
how important is the finished piece being perfect afterwards.
what length screws.

cletus

All of the above, plus a picture

fantastic98

the_pen_turner wrote: »

what type of screws. whats it into .
how important is the finished piece being perfect afterwards.
what length screws.

They're cross star screws on a toilet seat. 4 on each seat. I want to get them out in reasonable state. Don't know length but I'd say maybe an inch or a bit longer .

cletus

fantastic98 wrote: »

They're cross star screws on a toilet seat. 4 on each seat. I want to get them out in reasonable state. Don't know length but I'd say maybe an inch or a bit longer .

When you say cross star, do you mean philips or pozi drive head screws? Are they the screws holding the seat to the hinge? The uric acid can make the screws difficult to remove. Is the head damaged? If so, you can they using a rubber band to get purchase on the screw head with the screwdriver

kirving

Is there a particular reason you want to keep the screw? A screw extraction kit is what I'd be looking at.

fantastic98

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Is there a particular reason you want to keep the screw? A screw extraction kit is what I'd be looking at.

I want to keep screws as I installed a new seat myself but soon realised that my landlord mighnt like that so I planned to use the fittings from new seat and hope to fit them to old seat but want the screws in old one in case it doesn't work as old toilet seat is thicker than new one. The old seat broke.

fantastic98

fantastic98 wrote: »

I want to keep screws as I installed a new seat myself but soon realised that my landlord mighnt like that so I planned to use the fittings from new seat and hope to fit them to old seat but want the screws in old one in case it doesn't work as old toilet seat is thicker than new one. The old seat broke.

They're Philips screws

fantastic98

fantastic98 wrote: »

They're Philips screws

I thought the penetrating oil would loosen the rust

Charlie19

Seriously is this what the world has come to?

Charlie19

I'm sure a new boxed toilet seat will be fine.

fantastic98

Charlie19 wrote: »

I'm sure a new boxed toilet seat will be fine.

I bought a new seat already. Think I'll leave it as it is. A new seat was needed anyway . The reason I didn't tell landlord was that it happened just before Xmas so him being very busy then, I decided to go and do it myself..

listermint

Replace the toilet seat. Don't be worrying about reusing old pissy screws again.

The landlord is not going to be outraged about a new toilet seat.

fantastic98

listermint wrote: »

Replace the toilet seat. Don't be worrying about reusing old pissy screws again.

The landlord is not going to be outraged about a new toilet seat.

I won't be using old screws. I will be using screws from new seat I bought thus retaining old seat

cletus

Just replace the seat completely