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---- Rusty Tool Maintinance Hack ---- by mfxae86

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· @mfxae86 ·
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---- Rusty Tool Maintinance Hack ----
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Well we have been clening up the garage and making some good strides in making it a far nicer place to be than itwas before.... but more on that later.

While fixing up the joint we have had an issue with finding long lost tools plus odds and ends that have been neglected, this means that they have been "taken" by the elements and developed various rates of rust levels on them.

For many years this has spelled disaster for the tools effected that promptly went in the bin/trash as they were seized and too caked in rust to use, however, there is a means of bringing at least some of these tools back to life for future use AND to save you having to purchase another set to get the job done. 

It a simple hack that worked incredibly well... just dump them in a cup of white vinegar.... yeppers , that is it. I left the rusty tools and fittings in a vinegar bath for about a week. Then i pulled them out and most of the tools looked super clean, almost like new. check the image below:

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After  a wipe down and check of the units individually , some went in for another round and came up pretty good. there was a couple of tools which could not be revived by this process... well it was one shifter, that's it... but im still working on it. The rest of the ring spanners, multi grips, shed scissors, pliers and wherever else was dunked in the vinegar made its way back out onto the tool bench in a usable condition. 

After they had been approved for service the tools got themselves a coat of WD40 to help prevent rust build up again , small tools are stored in a much better sealed container, with a little spray of WD40 in there to help em stay that way. Larger tools are now being stored on a shadow board to keep them in check and nice an clean also.

i most definitely recommend giving this a go if you want to try save your tools before tossing them out... but for now back to the batcave!!!
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@aidab21 ·
What a great idea...
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@mfxae86 ·
yep works really well
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@dunstuff ·
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a penny saved is a penny earned
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@mfxae86 ·
is the penny rusty ? if so dunk it in vinegar :P
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@dunstuff ·
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hehehehehe. touche
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@khufu ·
I used to use sulfuric acid to do the same thing at work years ago. It works the same but just in fast forward and an overnight soak normally does the job.

Electrolysis  is another good way to clean rusty tools, I had a post here a while back where I restored an old anvil and used electrolysis as the first step. I don't know how bad that shifter was but plenty of people have freed up tools with moving parts and even mechanisms like locks by electrolysis.
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@mfxae86 ·
yeah, its amazing how something which appears to be lost to the decay of life can be bought back from the edge of extinction. 

I thought that i would need to get some of the more advanced products you speak of to fix them up, but i was very surprised to see the vinegar tackle the issue quite well.

Honestly, the shifter is a cheap unit that i could easily replace for a couple of bucks, but its more the principal of the matter to get it fixed, lolz, yeah its my OCD flaring up again :P
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@szabolcs ·
Vinegar works because it has acetic acid in it, and anyone can buy it anytime.

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@lasertx3 ·
I used to have this stuff years ago when I was living at the olds that my brother brang home from work one day. For the life of me i cant remember the name of it but it worked miracles on rusty stuff. It was a lubricant like wd40 but wd40 had nothing on the rust curing strength of this stuff. If I remember the name I'll post it here
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@mfxae86 ·
all the tips are good to keep in the shed just in case...
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@torico ·
this is quite useful. I have an old hand clipper that is sadly neglected so I might give this a go.
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@mfxae86 ·
make sure you post some before and after pics :)
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@torico ·
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