POWER of VINEGAR | Cleaning & Preserving Rusty Relics & Tools | Do It Yourself | Step by Step
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2020
- You asked for it, so here it is. In this 1st video or my restoration process, I will show you the cheap and easy way to bring rusty relics back to life. This video is dedicated to the step by step process in which vinegar is used to help restore relics back to their "original" state.
Please stay tuned for a future episode where I will continue the restoration process of the relics in this video and wrap up the steps of preservation.
*This video is to educate and show techniques I use when preserving relics. There are many ways of doing just that and not everyone will agree with this process. I recommend researching cleaning techniques for dug relics prior to using this or any cleaning process.*
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My experience apple cider vinegar works better.
What kind of temperature are you running?
I've never needed 10 days for anything no matter how Rusty it was, but I also live in South Florida and I keep it outside.
So a black garbage bag in the sunlight definitely over 100° f all day long in the vinegar.. not sure if that makes it go faster or not
I go with room temperature and just set it till I know the rust is about to come off easily. Sometimes, it'll take a second soak depending on how deep the rust is. Maybe it does have something to do with region? Interesting, non the less.
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@@DetectEdOutdoors I love when you Yankees talk about room temperature. What kind of temperature was the room that those things were in?
@@Bozemanjustin haha my bad. Room temp in there was about 74-76
I just put my Viking axe in malt vinegar it’s all I had. Fingers crossed 😊
Standard store-bought white vinegar is 5% acid. "Cleaning vinegar" labeling is a marketing gimmick used by hardware stores to market miscellaneous uses for vinegar. If you mix a 1 cup measure of white vinegar to 1 cup non-iodized salt, it creates a muriatic acid that cleans copper as well. Be sure to wear gloves when using it as it can be caustic to your hands. Lightly scrub with a stiff toothbrush or metal brush depending on your metal item. Rinse with clear water, dry your item thoroughly, then use a lightweight sewing machine oil to keep your items from tarnishing or rusting again. quick note- if you go to the welding section of hardware store you can usually find round steel or brass "bottle" brushes (in varying diameters and wire thicknesses) to get in to clean the round holes of your items. Just wanted to share this with ya'll. Good hunting in 2023!
Thanks for the info! All my best.
Great tips and video!👍👍
Thanks!
Hello Ed. Thanks very much for sharing this information on how to preserve our old iron relic finds. Enjoy your videos. Donnie - WV 🇺🇸
Sure thing, Donnie. Thank you for watching. I appreciate the support.
@@DetectEdOutdoors Always excited to watch your videos. See y'all on the next hunt. Be safe. 👍
Good how to video! I use electrolysis but this is a great alternative. I will try this on some axe heads since we have 30 of them right now that we pulled out of the dirt. Thanks Ed.
You're very welcome. I enjoy this method and there's really no messing up, which is a good thing!
Awesome to see you restore the relics you find. They look wonderful.
Thank you!
Thanks so much for the tutorial! Can't wait to stink up my shop and bring the beauty of history back to life. Looking foward to the next video! Thanks for taking us along on your adventures and educating us along the way.
My pleasure! We're all in this together. Thanks for watching and your support!
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to teach this technique to everyone. It's appreciated for sure
My pleasure!
Nice
Thanks!
Thanks for this ... I wasn't sure how well vinegar worked !
Seems to do the trick. Don't be afraid to re-soak if needed. Shouldn't take much effort once the Vinegar takes over. Good luck!
@@DetectEdOutdoors Sounds good , Thanks !
Hello Ed, nice to see that this trick works also across the Atlantic Ocean. I personally add a lot of salt to the vinegar solution. Works fine for me. But I need gloves to avoid having my skin teint in red-black color. It is a very dirty work to remove the crusty skin on iron, something I do outdoors. Otherwise, metallic brush and dremmel, same as you. Tschuss.
Awesome! Thanks for stopping in to watch.
Great video thanks for putting this one out for us Ed. It is much appreciated. HH and be well Ed
You're very welcome!
Thanks for the excellent tips. Gonna try the vinegar on a bunch of my rusty relics. Keep up the great work 👍.
Good luck! Thank you for stopping in. I appreciate it
Good job buddy I have used vinegar in the past on a few different items and it works well. Keep up the good work my friend!
Thanks buddy
Hey great info there I'm putting stuff in vinegar right now. I really enjoy your videos keep up the good work. Thank you
Thank you for the kind words. Good luck on your restoration projects!
Enjoyed the video, thanks for the tips!
Sure thing! Thanks for watching.
Great video thanks for the info. I'm trying the vinegar this weekend.
Hope you have awesome results!
Very nice brother. Love the axe head.
Thanks. Just trying to share what I know. Hope you're well
Very informative. I'm going to experiment on a buzz saw blade I dug up
Awesome! Good luck
Awesome job! Great video
Thank you!! Hope you all are well.
Cool find on the adz 👍
Thanks! Hope it comes out well
Curious as to what percentage of acetic acid that vinegar is? Can't be table vinegar is it ??
Just a good ol jug of Clover Valley 5% Distilled White Vinegar anyone can pick up in the grocery aisle 😁
Awesome video ed
Thanks, buddy.
Nice job buddy. Good video
Thanks!
I didn't think of using vinegar, I will have to try it the next time. I had always used electrolysis.
Some prefer electrolysis but I wanted to share a simple way even kids can do. Thanks for watching!
Thank you. I have a Viking axe on the way to me with tons of rust on it and was trying to figure out if it’d be worth trying to get it off. I guess my next step is figure out what sort of sealing wax people use
I use Rust Stop clear enamel by Ace. Works very well.
@@DetectEdOutdoors thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Hi I used this method on an old padlock and it worked great and I washed it off with water but a few days later it became rusty again. What should I use to naturalize them?
I coat everything in Ace Indoor/Outdoor Rust Stop. Thin coat works great!
Some people soak in wax too but I go the easier route.
Brad absolutely thank you for those instructional videos on how to clean up with vinegar but my question here is are you using straight regular white vinegaror are you using which now pops up in a lot of hardware stores a cleaning vinegar used to clean countertops cabinets floors sometimes called an all-purpose cleaning vinegar?
Straight white vinegar or Apple Cider vinegar from the grocery store. Works wonders!
Have you tried the wax dipping?
No.. sounds interesting! I'll check it out on CZcams.
Ed I have a big lump of iron on the inside of one of my tombac conestoga bell , will this work to loosen and remove the iron mass and not effect the tombac?
I've actually been experimenting with it and I wouldn't recommend it with tombac.
Great video! How long is the initial soak in vinegar before step 2?
I usually soak a few days depending on rust build up. Might need a second soak after but not always. I've been meaning to do a second part to this video and this comment might be the push I need to get it going! Thank you 😁
After cleaning with vinegar, do you wipe with 2 & 1 oil? Have a relic I found, I wasn't detecting but someone left a pile of things they didn't want to carry out. Some type of oval iron label.
I use a rust stop oil based enamel which works great. I will be putting out part two detailing that sometime soon. Time has gotten away from me as I meant to put that out sooner but I'll make sure to do it in the coming weeks. 2 in 1 oil works but I feel the enamel seel with the rust stopper works best.
@@DetectEdOutdoors Thank you! Look forward to it.
I’m interested in seeing the lock.
I'll be sure to feature it in the next video of preserving relics!
any particular type of vinegar?
White Vinegar works well. I've tried Apple Cider Vinegar with same results.