Ultrasonic Rust Busting TWO YEARS of RUST?  

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You know you're too involved with repairing old computers when you start calling your own garden “the wild”.

Now to for the contents of my basement into my ultrasonic...

Spent my lunchtime watching Mark soak his dirty tool in the bath. Time well spent, 11/10, can recommend! 😆👍

So leaving the the hammer in the citric acid overnight did the hard work for getting rid of all of the embedded deep rust, which was then converted to that black stuff you saw plume off. But using the ultrasonic after definitely cleans it more thoroughly and quickly. Doing it as a two step process for any rusty items is definitely the way to go. Word of caution though, don't leave thinner rusty items in the water overnight or else you might find them dissolved beyond the point of repair, as the citric acid does start eating at the good metal once the rusted is gone and thinner items just don't have as much metal to begin with.

It was almost certainly just the citric acid that did the work. Turning on the ultrasonic machine vibrated the smut off it, but it probably would have just wiped/brushed off easily anyway. Citric acid is pretty good for rust removal, but you might want to look into Evapo-Rust. It's a chelating agent that removes rust without damging the underlying metal. If you're dealing with rusty parts with a black oxide coating (like screws etc) then the best thing to do is simply boil them in distilled water for about 30-60 minutes. This converts the red rust back into black iron oxide, essentially reversing the rusting process and making the part like new again.

I was not expecting to see mark's rusty tool early in the morning this video should have had a warning!

"I found a massive bag of white powder." - a phrase that was said by many in the 1980s. Hehehe...

Great video, you nailed it.

People accused of Mark's channel getting rusty, but then he hammered this video together at ultrasonic speeds!

that worked out great !

The hammer tip is probably dipped in oil while still red hot to harden the steel. same with the claw. If it were hardened all the way through it might become brittle, having a hard end for hitting the nail, and more bendy for the rest makes the tool stronger overall.

Nailed it

You can use any water you like. If you were to use any kind of cleaning fluid it's more economical to put that with the items being cleaned in ziplock or possibly heat seal bags.

You've conditioned me in to checking if "rusty hammer" is a euphemism.

Stop - hammer time! Superb video Mark and well done!

The face is a different color than the rest of the hammer because of the amount of carbon in the steel. The face is darker because there's more carbon and that makes it harder. Pretty cool, right?

That detonation of crud at 7:52 is absolutely extraordinary, and the end result is even more so.

Acid eats through rust. It is how I will clean really rusty cast iron cookware before I re-season it by soaking it in vinegar (or filling it with it if it is the inside I need to get clean)

Great footage, thanks for sharing!

Another great video of mark rubbing his tip with some lubricant

From a video about gun restoration I saw an approach here would be to boil the hammer for an hour, which converts the rust to magnetite, and then using a carding wheel to card off the excess, then you have a tool covered in a protective layer of magnetite which stops added rust.

hammer time.

I wonder how this would go without the citric acid, good stuff Mark!

Like a half-arsed my mechanics video. In the best possible way.

You missed the perfect hammer time opportunity

9:48 - I would guess the head has gone through some form of tempering to make it better able to deal with abuse.

Re: Charging cables. You should consider getting those magnetic dongles/cables. Granted some of the dongles are bulky, but I got reasonably low profile ones from Aliexpress (link below) 60w and 100w cables with the dongles compatible interchangeably (they aren't all interchangeable with eachother). Picked up 15 cables, and about 60-70 dongles (mixture of type c and Micro). I use them in cameras, phones, earbuds, torches, controllers and the advantage is it saves wear on the ports/stops the cable getting loose, plus if you yank the cable it just comes away without damage, put the cable in the vicinity and it snaps on, also 1 cable does type c and micro devices (or apple as well if you get the apple dongles). Yep, most devices like earbuds charge 8-10w, but I wanted 1 solution that will last and didn't want 1 specific high speed cable/dongle for phone and then the rest (hence getting the 60w and 100w). 1 cable to rule them all. I don't think i've ever said the word "dongle" as much in my life. Anyway, if charging cables and the different types annoy you (particularly with microUSB being one way), then its definitely the answer. www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006155990069.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.37.b9b11802sgMk65

I'm going to send Peter Sutcliffe this link, this is how you properly clean a hammer.

You want to coat in some oil to stop it rusting again mark

satisfying video 👍

You need to get a fiber laser. A tool every boy wants, but can't afford.

Mark, you should get one of these bench grinders for your garage. You can install a polishing wheel on it, Turn it on and apply some polishing paste. Dremels are fine for small surfaces, but for bigger jobs bench grinders are the way to go. You could polish your hammer 10x better and faster with that :).

the cleaning was so intense it cleaned away the weight embossing in the hammer head lol

And now Odd Tinkering has extra competition!

If I 'ad an 'ammer.

Distilled water is just tap water with some minerals ;)

That's so impressive.

I've been considering a ultrasonic cleaner for a while. What volume is the one you have?

I was THIS FCKN CLOSE to sending an email to youtube's corporate department to stop recommending tool restoration videos to me... but at the last second I noticed... our lovely wee Mark, just messing about. Right now.

Actually........ One of the more interesting videos I've seen this week. 😂

Would this also work on musical instruments? Maybe you'd like to try a rusty trombone next.

I'm busting, need to go 😄

many many nails may now be twatted (it was lidl by the way)😛

I'm guessing the different colour on the metal is where the steel was hardened with a higher temperature.

Even before seeing that video, I would suggest it gets silvery again with a whole lot of rustholes after that

#StopHammerTime

The citrus acid did most of the work

Ultrasonic cleaner with Rust Converter - maybe. Laser? Definitely.

Wonderful. But it will get rusted again. I haven't tried, but I've heard that if you use a heat gun, heat it (I believe is around 360ºC), then it seems that inserting it in oil (I don't know which is best) it would get black and somehow protected against rust.

Have you tried wiping your tip on the curtains?

learning about Carry On made a lot of your lines make more sense, ooh err matron.

Nice experiment, although I'm slightly disappointed in you Mark for completely missing the opportunity to make jokes about it being hammer time and not wearing very baggy, spangly trousers.

If your tip is a different colour than expected, you need to see a doctor. I won't hazard a guess as to how it ended up that way.

I'm curious. Is it common to have a word like "ADMONITION" replacing what I imagine would be "warning"? I don't mean to be funny, English is not my first language and I don't remember to ever seeing anything like that.

I wonder how well an ultrasonic cleaner can clean the stuff fron your housefire

You must be bored, how was the hammers function impaired by the rust? 😂

spray some clear coat on it to stop it rusting again?

♪ ♫ If I had a 🔨 ... mMm mMMMm mMMm mMm... ♫ ♪ - Yeah, like most people I don't have a hammer, I have several... and constantly hammering the day away isn't really my thing either, but that's not really the point now, is it? - The point is that now you've got that dumb song stuck in your head too. 😆