Removing rust from very old railroad spikes 

Every one should have rust free railroad spikes

I just saw on the news- a train derailed because someone removed all the railroad spikes for a home project.

Finally someone who did it right and without any extra solvents or chemical crap.

"You can't smell a video!" This video:

Now that im thinking about it, i dont think ive ever seen a rail spike without rust in my life

And then, they rusted again overnight because you didn't coat them in anything.

Annnnnd it's time for bed. Ya always know it's time to shut it down when you catch yourself mildly invested in the restoration of old railroad spikes. 😂😂

Fallout 4 brain: Thats some good ammo right there

Now we know why them trains are all comin off the tracks. This guy pulled all the spikes

Vinegar is a great rust remover, but it's also an acid and will continue to eat GOOD metal until it's gone. I'd NEVER leave something I want to look good, in a bucket of vinegar for a week, or even two days. It's really for light surface rust removal. Again, DO NOT leave anything important for restoration in acid for days. Thanks.

Now the poison water just infiltrated my well where my water comes from.

Any time you use an acid cleaner (vinegar), it's a good idea to follow with a neutralizer/alkaline wash, like baking soda. If any vinegar stayed in the pores it will continue corroding.

This method of rust removal is known as pickling. When I'm done letter the rusty metal soak, I then wash them off with water and dishwashing liquid, and then immediately put them in an oil bath. This stops the rust in its tracks.

Расскажите ему про пескоструй. И не нужно будет химию в землю сливать.

Great, you now have a bucket full of Railroad spikes that will rust again in under a week. Congrats!!

He just threw away the best part, the juice! That's what you want to paint your reclaimed wood with, it's a beautiful stain and transfers the rust or the iron directly into the cellulose of the wood and gives it a gorgeous finish with oils and smell from regular stains, If you want to make your own stain without railroad spikes just use 0000 steel wool and let it sit in the vinegar for about three or four days and then get a paintbrush and put it on your reclaim wood or your pallets and watch what happens! Don't throw that juice away it's the best thing you'll ever use and it gets better with age and different woods used in pallet projects will take on different colors different hues, and will even get darker if you add separate coats days apart.

Vinegar is fantastic for many household applications as well. I get twitchy if I don't have at least 6 gallons at home.

Great tip!.... I'll try to remember this one next time I'm building a railroad.

I woke up this morning wondering how I was gonna remove the rust from my rail road spikes. What a coincidence.

I remembered doing this in the early seventies as a kid. The last 40 yrs I've use vinegar to remove rust off of chrome rims, bolts, spokes etc on trucks and my Harleys.

Does a light rinse at the end and starts the rust process all over again! Lol

They hatched from their chrysalis into beautiful butterflies.

ima say it. forbidden peanut butter

A medieval method for cleaning chainmaille armour: Place it in a barrel with sand and vinegar. Seal it. Roll it down a hill a few times.

Don't forget to rub down with bi-carb soda to neutralise the vinegar otherwise you will get a copper look stain on them

Save the solution and give it to anyone who does wood work. It's amazing for antiquing new lumber to match it up with old weathered lumber.

Wow had no idea vinegar was that powerful as a rust remover! Awesome!

When I was a kid I had a clean railroad spike and painted it gold just like the Meeting of the Rails.

Now I know how to clean up my bucket of rusty railroad spikes! Awesome! And to think I was resigned to living with rusty spikes! I thought I would never get those damn things clean!

0:29 the forbidden mashed sweet potatoes

I done this on my screwdriver bits. Used white vinegar and put the bits in a takeaway plastic container. After 2 days almost looked like new! It was amazing how black the solution got after 2 days too!

Don't throw that vinegar out. It make a great iron acetate stain for wood.

If you had waited long enough, the railroad spikes would have vanished altogether and you'd be left with a bucketful of rust soup.

Odd, there was a train derailment couple days ago...where did you get those?

Thank You for this video clip demonstrating the potency of vinegar I shall now use this method for cleaning some old tools & many other things in times to come

If I’m not mistaken the process here is the acetic acid in the vinegar reacting with the rust to form iron acetate or something. Another interesting thing to try maybe to hit it with a reducing flame like hydrogen or something. That may help reduce the amount of material lost by the end of the process but I’m not super sure.

I used vinegar in the scrubbing machine at work on a white tile floor . Took awhile but eventually it shone like the hospital floor . True story. You could see that grime and crap just lift with the scrubbing pads .

Looked better with the rust.

My brain is like "yo bro, $5 if you drink the vinegar"

The forbidden smoothie

Molasses and Water, ( 1 in 5) does an excellent job on all rusty Steell and Iron. Just oil after pressure cleaning. I did a 1800s Post Drill Press in this, and it came up " Grey Iron". DocAV

Funciona, yo tengo unas dobladoras de tubo redondo que las hizo mi padre, tienen como 30 años y estaban totalmente oxidadas e incluso usando vinagre echado a perder funcionó y eso que estaba diluido en agua, es decir coloque mas o menos por medio litro de vinagre unos 10 litros de agua del grifo y espere una semana y se desprendió todo el óxido, luego tuve que lavarlo con agua y cepillar casi nada con una esponja de acero (virulana) y secarlo rápido y ponerlos al sol y quedaron como nuevos y utilizables para trabajar... perdón por escribir mucho, pero por si no tienen mucho vinagre les puede servir mi consejo

Sandblasting is my favorite way to remove rust personally... so satisfying

Looks like my uncles shit when he forgot to flush down the toilet

Yes, nail soup! It's good for you! ( lots of iron in it!)

As someone who works in the steel industry, I appreciate this...💪

The forbidden Mac n cheese

The forbidden orange juice

Agitating after 24 hours "You are worthless rusty railroad spikes and that's all you'll ever be!"

I honestly didn't know that they looked like that clean!

When railroad spikes have taco bell...

Glad I checked these comments first! Was about to order a couple cases of vinegar for the frame of a '78 F250 I'm rebuilding.

I could not wait to view the comments, and I was NOT disappointed

The funniest thing is i have never NOT seen these things not rusted 😂

I have always wondered what would happen to railroad spikes if you soaked them in dookie 💩. Thanks for this video my friend. I showed this video to my neighbor and he also has always been curious about soaking railroad spikes in dookie 💩 Imagine that. I knew I wasn't the only one.

End product....old railway spikes

I worked in water treatment for 15 years, try soaking them in potato pealings and water next time.

That looks bussin fr fr

Come on guys, the message he wanted to convey here is, the metal was subjected to passivation, in the absence of oxygen and the grey coating is the result of that. It is a protective coating and can stay for a week. Before which, you oil it or coat it with paint

I actually used to collect those planning an art project but never thought to do this to clean them. Thanks, Ill get back on it, much appreciated

It’s about time somebody washed those

Railway Engineer: Where the hell is the rail spikes? Bro: I took it to clean the rust.. Just for fun😂😂

the forbidden mug brownie 😂

Railroad spikes are so epic and cool

You can use that gunk to stain wood and leather. It can be a deep greenish grey or sometimes black

Ah yes, the forbidden sweet potato soufflé. I do this often with old Diston Saws.

I forgot my railway spikes when I went on vacation. Upon my return, I had railway nails😢

Excellent job. Good for the ground water?

Now I can have rust-free rail spikes...every day

WOW JUST VINEGAR ? AMAZING ! 🤗👍

I can't wait to do this to my extra railroad spikes

1 day or overnight an check results. it's eating the metal too. Use a funnel an save the vinegar to use again later. And you need to paint or oil soonest. light rust or oxidation happens fast.

It’s the forbidden cheese goop

Molasses works amazingly too!!

What a great tip if you own any length of train tracks.

Put them back in the tracks now

Look at that shine! Ka-chow

plywood looking nice after that pour

I use vinegar all the time , it works fantastic.

I did not know that. So cheap and easy. Thanks.

as soon as i saw it i was like, just dump vinegar on them. :D lol

This means that Heinz vinegar is excellent for removing rust. 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹

Wow !! Just what I’ve always wanted in my entire life. A bucket full of railroad spikes 😂🤣🤪🤪

That nail reminds me of Good Friday 😢

I use vinegar all the time for rusted tools, parts & nuts & bolts! Vinegar costs about $3.00 a gallon compared to Evapo-Rust which costs $30.00+ a gallon

Vinegar is awesome. I clean the inside of my microwave with it.

Wow! I think you just cured world hunger. Was doing that stupid crap 30 yrs ago

Mhhhmmmmm, mother nature love what you did! Nice m8!

Yeah, perfect! I have tons of vinegar, the problem is where to get spikes...

There goes the antique patina.

2 weeks later : iam going to vacation and forgot everything 😂😂

Thank-you from me and my yard tools.

You know what's weird... they look really good after you cleaned them.. but technically rust is the metal that's eroded away from the object so technically strange to think but those things are actually smaller now

Liking the iron oxide more than the end result

For a minute I thought someone had shit in your bucket of spikes 😂.

What is holding down the railroad right now? Those look important

You making knives out of the spikes? That's what I do.

My favorite part is how he immediately sprayed them with water afterwards 🤣.

Great video 😊

Did this with some older tools worked a treat 👍