Like the title says I have an old pair of pliers that I "borrowed" from my Pops' tool box a lonnnggg time ago. As most of you know I'm not ballin' enough to drop the cash for a pair of Van Staals or Accurate pliers, so I have been rocking these... they have gotten the job done. The pliers would have probably been cool if I rinsed them after each trip... but I don't. So after each trip I usually have brown on everything that is in my little basin in my hatch.
One day while watching American Restorations(Great show BTW) there was one of the little q&a things before commercial about which household cleaner works best on rust... long story short the answer was apple cider vinegar. So last night I decided to give them and a cheap pair of scissors a dunk in the vinegar. I meant to do a before and after pic, but I forgot.... so here are a couple DURING pics! LOL
After 3 hours:
After 9 hours:
You can see the rust falling right off! That's all that gunk at the bottom. I am gonna let it soak for one more day. I pulled them out this morning to see if I could open and close them easily. But it was a little tough. Before putting em in they were much harder to open. But I figure after I pull em out I'll give them a quick scrub and spray em down with some WD-40 and they should be good to go! I hope to get my hands on a decent pair of pliers for Christmas, but if not these have worked so far...lol. So if you got something rusted a little apple cider vinegar goes a lonnnnggggg way! LOL Oh and no, my kids won't be drinking out of that bottle! LOL
MYT
One day while watching American Restorations(Great show BTW) there was one of the little q&a things before commercial about which household cleaner works best on rust... long story short the answer was apple cider vinegar. So last night I decided to give them and a cheap pair of scissors a dunk in the vinegar. I meant to do a before and after pic, but I forgot.... so here are a couple DURING pics! LOL
After 3 hours:
After 9 hours:
You can see the rust falling right off! That's all that gunk at the bottom. I am gonna let it soak for one more day. I pulled them out this morning to see if I could open and close them easily. But it was a little tough. Before putting em in they were much harder to open. But I figure after I pull em out I'll give them a quick scrub and spray em down with some WD-40 and they should be good to go! I hope to get my hands on a decent pair of pliers for Christmas, but if not these have worked so far...lol. So if you got something rusted a little apple cider vinegar goes a lonnnnggggg way! LOL Oh and no, my kids won't be drinking out of that bottle! LOL
MYT
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