<div dir="ltr">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.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 12:35 PM, via Woodworkers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Vinegar is pretty amazing stuff. And to think we actually use this
stuff on our food!!</div>
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<div>Gary Williams</div>
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