Restore Those Rusty Garden Tools To Brand New Again With Just Two Natural Ingredients. Tool restoration is such a rewarding endeavor that gives you a feeling of self sufficiency while saving you money at the same time. And to be able to accomplish this without harmful chemicals or back-breaking scrubbing is even better!
In this video, I’ll show you how to safely and easily remove rust from any garden tool, new or old, as well as how to protect it from rusting again for years to come!
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33 Comments
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I don't know if it is a woman's thing but the biggest challenge for me would be to put it back again!
Excellent advice! Food grade oil is the best choice for sure. Old timers used to keep a bucket of oil soaked sand in the shed and plunge garden trowels, shovels etc. into the oily sand to keep their tools rust free and clean. Though some of them used old motor oil…YUCK NOT IN MY GARDEN!
The vinegar soak is a very good idea. I've got a set of pruners that could use a soak! Thanks for the video.
Interestingly enough, ferrous metal in cleaning vinegar over time creates iron acetate which can be used as a natural, non-toxic stain and light preservative for wood.
I'm off to give my pruners some TLC!
I literally just finished doing this very thing !! How crazy is that ??? lol
BTW Jeff, my kale and spinach is doing fantastic under that $50 grow light !!! Thanks again so much for bringing that light to our attention. Merry Christmas to you and yours and cheers !! Grow on !!!
I just retrieved my secateurs (what we call pruners in UK) from my allotment shed yesterday. Full of rust and me wondering how to sort them. Bingo! I hit the jackpot when I saw your video. Vinegar treatment coming up.
BTW I was taught that a cutting blade with one bevelled side and one flat side should be kept like that. The bevel should be filed/sharpened at an angle, but the flat side should be laid flat on a stone or file as it is worked so it stays flat.
Thanks Jeff
I use neem oil, as its antibacterial.
Jeff where can I buy that sharpener you used. I want to get one for husband for his birthday so he can sharpen all our tools. Thanks. Cheers
I wish I dared to take my tools apart but they would never get back together again. LOL Thanks so much for this tutorial.
This is a great idea! Question: can you use olive oil instead of vegetable oil?
What to do if the rust doesn't completely come off even with extra soaking? Love your short and to the point videos.
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Your BEST oil to use is olive oil…in fact…any rust that remains can be removed by rubbing with olive oil… Olive oil contains oleic acid which removes rust as well while protecting metal 😀
Excellent👍great idea💡
I have never tried it but someone told me to use coke?
Excellent!
Great video! Thank you!
Another thing that comes to mind is using the same process as seasoning a cast iron pan. However, it would involve using the oven.
I need to do this! thanks!
Vegetable oil over time will become sticky and rancid
Helpful and informative, but he uptalking was just this side of maddening! O!M!G!
Needed this
No way I’d take my pruners apart. I’d wind up with a pile of shiny clean pile ofscrap metal. The best I can do soak in vinegar for a couple of days. I do admire you for your tool care..impressive. I have to get one of your sharpeners. That’s one issue I need as I sometimes use tools on things I shouldn’t.
Would a old toothbrush work for removing the loose rust or would the bristles on the toothbrush damage the metal much like a steel abrasive brush?
Thank you! 👍
So no rinsing with water after the vinegar bath?
Jeff, excellent advice and excellent video. Cheers mate
Now that we are finally getting winter weather in 7A, something I can do instead of working outside! Can’t wait to get my pruners a well deserved bath!
Excellent reminder on how “simple” cleaning, de-rusting, and sharpening your gardening tools is to the gardener. We do multiple tools at a time, to shorten time spent doing it. I sometimes do a bit more on the sharpening aspect to many of our garden devices using a sharp edge (I have been sharpening knives/scissors/etc for many friends and family for decades). Keep videos like this coming. Thank you.
I just tried this with two pairs of pruning shears soaked in straight vinegar for eight hours (I didn't add water) and they're like new! Plus it was really cool to see all the rust floating in the vinegar. This technique really works! Thanks for the tip! 👍
Brilliant tips Jeff thanks 🙏🏻 definitely going to do this each year
Brilliant thank you for sharing
Great But My Cutters are Old n Blunt n Just Don't Cut Anymore..