[Woodworkers] Rust and Vinegar

[Ben Reese via Woodworkers]

I have been using vinegar for years and I found early on that I could pour
the rusty looking vinegar back in its jug and use it more than just once.
It is good stuff, in fact I tested it against Evapo Rust and found it to do
just as good and one heck of a lot cheaper.  I was refurbing a bunch of old
planes that my grandfather had and some calipers and dividers that someone
gave me and all turned out good enough to using minimal to none wire
brushing.

On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 12:35 PM, via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> I had a couple of bearings that were rusty in a wood lathe that I recently
> bought. I thought I wonder if I can free these up just for grins. Well I
> went on this machine and found that you could soak them in vinegar for a
> hour or so.
>
> So I put a little white vinegar in a old yogurt cup toss in one of the
> bearings and checked it a hour later. Well wouldn't you know the vinegar
> was starting to work its magic. Then I thought if it works like that on
> bearing, I wonder what it will do on some old rusty "F" clamps.
>
> I pulled out the clamps threw a couple of gallons of white vinegar into a
> 5 gallon bucket and set several in . The top of the clamp of the left is
> after it being in overnight, and cleanup with a  piece of steel wool and a
> rag.
>
> Then the good news is I can dispose of the vinegar on the weeds in my
> driveway once I'm done killing off the rust.
>
>
> Vinegar is pretty amazing stuff. And to think we actually use this stuff
> on our food!!
>
> Gary Williams
>
>
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