If you just clean the oil off real good with lacquer thinner (or even soap and water) and heat some white vinegar in a crock pot or on a hot plate in a non corrosive container (outside because of the smelly fumes), the vinegar will eat the oxides off in a few minutes, along with some soft wire brushing, without doing much of anything to the steel. It's better than sodium bisulfate in that respect.
It won't do anything to speak of about decarb. That needs to be sanded off.
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