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Never throw away old rusty tools. You can easily, simply, and almost for free clean them and use them for decades to come. There are a huge number of videos on this topic already, but almost everywhere people show how they clean old tools of rust. But in fact, they are just washing dirty, slightly rusty wrenches. As you can see, for this video I have prepared some truly rusty tools. Some of them were dug up from the ground, while others were found in a river with a magnet. Mostly, this is a collection of the legacy of early and late socialism, but there are some real rarities here. This artifact is clearly very old. It has an unusual shape, and I hope that after cleaning it, I will be able to read some inscriptions on it. To start, let's clean our material a bit with a wire brush to get rid of large chunks of rust and dirt. And now, for the most interesting part. We place the tools in a flat container. We pour in citric acid. It is sold in any grocery store and costs next to nothing. There is no clear or strict recipe or formula here. Everything is done, so to speak, by eye. If the material is not very rusty, one pack would be enough. But in this case, we will add two. We pour hot water over everything. You can use cold water, but with hot water, the reaction happens faster. Some people also add hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, or salt to this citric acid solution, but in my opinion, this does not affect the final result at all. We leave our tools to soak like this for about half a day or even a full day. This acid is not very aggressive. Nothing will happen to the metal itself during this time. Let's take a look at our tools after 3 hours of cleaning in the citric acid solution. You can even give it a light scrub with a wire brush to remove the large rust from the most corroded wrenches. You can see that in some places numbers and various markings have started to appear, but 3 hours is clearly not enough here. Exactly one day of our experiment has passed. It is time to drain the water. To neutralize the remaining citric acid, you can add a couple of spoons of baking soda to our wrenches. We pour in water again. If necessary, we go over them with the wire brush one more time. And now let's remember how our tools looked 24 hours ago. And look at what we ended up with. As you can see, even outright scrap metal can be turned into something great using this method. The wrenches that had less rust now look practically brand new. And the most corroded ones have also been cleaned up. Admittedly, they don't look very appealing, but they can still be used for their intended purpose without any problems. Everything cleaned up well, except for this ancient wrench. 24 hours in citric acid was not enough for it. By the way, its size is still indicated in inches. Personally, I'm seeing this for the first time. And to make sure the keys don't start rusting again, be sure to coat them with some grease, waste oil, or heavy-duty lubricant. Friends, thank you all for your views, likes, and comments. See you in the next video. S
