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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.
@@MarkFixesStuff Can definitely give Evaporust a recommend! That stuff is practically magic (although comes with a price to match) Geoffrey Croker has a great vid on rust removal methods that's well worth a watch if that's a rabbit hole you want to go down.
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.
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.
@@MarkFixesStuff It's probably more important with more expensive liquids. I think this experiment may have neen just as effective by just leaving the hammer in the citric acid over night and then do a short burst of US in the morning.
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.
@@MarkFixesStuff It's normally a thing you put on your bench grinder, tho maybe you can get something small scale for the dremel. Basically like a very soft, fine metal brush wheel.
@@MarkFixesStuff sorry for only seeing this 2 months later but that is good to know! I like to simplify it especially when it gets to chemistry, but, guess that step can't be skipped 🤣
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
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?
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 :).
@@rimmersbryggeri Indeed, and the rest of the head should be less hard so that it can withstand repeated blows without cracking, hence the differential temper. However. Mark said the hammer cost £4, so I'm surprised they went to the trouble. For that price, I would have expected it to be little more than a 'hammer-shaped object',, not a properly made tool.
@@thepenultimateninja5797 They probably have to to be able to sell in as an instrument for driving nails. I think it looked like the claws also had a slightly different hue.
@@rimmersbryggeri Yeah, there could be some safety law that requires it. I actually broke a tine off a cheap hammer trying to pull out a small wire nail, so it must have been way too hard. That was in the US not the UK though, so maybe different (or no) legislation.
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)
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.
Thanks for the like, Mark. I've been recently trying similar things. In my case just a couple of screws and related. Vinegar and salt is all that they need (small things) in two days to forget about rust (trust me). You don't need to buy anything else. The problem I didn't resolve is protection. And that's why I've told you about this method. I could have tried it, but my heat gun now doesn't want to get a high temperature.
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.
The extra drag caused by the rust as it moves through the air to hit things obviously has a considerable effect on its performance, whereas the aerodynamic shiny rust-free version obviously improves efficiency and performance. That’s where the saying “as aerodynamic as a hammer” comes from. Allegedly…
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.
@@MarkFixesStuff i watch some of those "restoration" videos and acid makes rust lift. Usually it's vinegar they use but citrus is also potent while gentle.
@@voltare2amstereo I sort of added it as an afterthought. I mainly use it for my kitchen appliances like my steamer and kettle because shop bought descalers smell nasty. Looks like my instincts were accidentally correct for once!
♪ ♫ 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. 😆
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You know you're too involved with repairing old computers when you start calling your own garden “the wild”.
Anywhere past the front door is the wilderness to me.
You know you are too involved in repairing old computers when you refer to your garden as the Upside Down.
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.
This is awesome information. I genuinely had no idea. Thank you!
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.
Great information here. Thank you!
@@MarkFixesStuff Can definitely give Evaporust a recommend! That stuff is practically magic (although comes with a price to match)
Geoffrey Croker has a great vid on rust removal methods that's well worth a watch if that's a rabbit hole you want to go down.
@@MarkFixesStuff I've used vinegar, works the same.
Now to for the contents of my basement into my ultrasonic...
I am so sorry for your flood mate.
@@MarkFixesStuff it's happened before, it'll happen again, one of these days I need to get 4k content for the click bait 😂
Spent my lunchtime watching Mark soak his dirty tool in the bath. Time well spent, 11/10, can recommend! 😆👍
It gets even better when he starts polishing his shaft.
Nailed it
I was not expecting to see mark's rusty tool early in the morning this video should have had a warning!
Shock tool appearance!
"I found a massive bag of white powder." - a phrase that was said by many in the 1980s. Hehehe...
And apparently Colorado in this very year 😐 (not my thing tho lol)
It’s the real thing (tm)
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.
Thank you!!
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.
I’ve read that before. Will probably do that with the small circuit boards here.
@@MarkFixesStuff It's probably more important with more expensive liquids. I think this experiment may have neen just as effective by just leaving the hammer in the citric acid over night and then do a short burst of US in the morning.
Stop - hammer time! Superb video Mark and well done!
Glad you enjoyed it
People accused of Mark's channel getting rusty, but then he hammered this video together at ultrasonic speeds!
I have an iron will.
@@MarkFixesStuffThat was a well polished answer.
That detonation of crud at 7:52 is absolutely extraordinary, and the end result is even more so.
I love the plume of crap!
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.
Nice info but wtf is a carding wheel?
@@MarkFixesStuff It's normally a thing you put on your bench grinder, tho maybe you can get something small scale for the dremel. Basically like a very soft, fine metal brush wheel.
9:48 - I would guess the head has gone through some form of tempering to make it better able to deal with abuse.
Someone else said. Dipped it oil at high temperature apparently?
I've been considering a ultrasonic cleaner for a while. What volume is the one you have?
You've conditioned me in to checking if "rusty hammer" is a euphemism.
I’d suspect it is, and if it’s not it should be!
@@MarkFixesStuff All I'm saying is don't look at Urban Dictionary folks
ahahahahaha
Great video, you nailed it.
#DadJokes
@@MarkFixesStuff My comedy is a bit rusty.
I wonder how this would go without the citric acid, good stuff Mark!
Going by the comments, not as well I don’t think. Thanks!
@@MarkFixesStuff sorry for only seeing this 2 months later but that is good to know! I like to simplify it especially when it gets to chemistry, but, guess that step can't be skipped 🤣
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
You want to coat in some oil to stop it rusting again mark
Apparently the metal polish I used has a barrier against corrosion? I'll keep an eye on it.
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?
I think that is cool!!
I'm going to send Peter Sutcliffe this link, this is how you properly clean a hammer.
Too late.
@@MarkFixesStuff I had no idea he died, more brains on his hammer than in my head.
Another great video of mark rubbing his tip with some lubricant
Tool on tool action as well.
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 :).
I used to polish my old keys with that, so they looked like new. I found myself looking for more things to polish all over the house hehe.
I did have a dual bench grinder/polisher before the fire but that was lost. I’ll save for a new one ☝️
You missed the perfect hammer time opportunity
Stop…
And you could have put on some parachute pants to do the job. Perhaps you did? Just off camera. Can we now call you MFS Hammer from now on?
I'm guessing the different colour on the metal is where the steel was hardened with a higher temperature.
Probably differential tempering. Quite impressive for a cheap hammer.
@@thepenultimateninja5797 It essential for the hammer to have any livespan at all that the percussion surface is hard as or harder than nails.
@@rimmersbryggeri Indeed, and the rest of the head should be less hard so that it can withstand repeated blows without cracking, hence the differential temper.
However. Mark said the hammer cost £4, so I'm surprised they went to the trouble. For that price, I would have expected it to be little more than a 'hammer-shaped object',, not a properly made tool.
@@thepenultimateninja5797 They probably have to to be able to sell in as an instrument for driving nails. I think it looked like the claws also had a slightly different hue.
@@rimmersbryggeri Yeah, there could be some safety law that requires it.
I actually broke a tine off a cheap hammer trying to pull out a small wire nail, so it must have been way too hard. That was in the US not the UK though, so maybe different (or no) legislation.
Great footage, thanks for sharing!
Thank you too!
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)
Thanks for the info Robert. Seems that citric acid really is a miracle powder!
that worked out great !
I think so too!
That's so impressive.
Thanks for noticing!
@@MarkFixesStuff Well, when someone has one like that, it's hard not to notice.
Would this also work on musical instruments? Maybe you'd like to try a rusty trombone next.
And now Odd Tinkering has extra competition!
I’m no competition!
the cleaning was so intense it cleaned away the weight embossing in the hammer head lol
I think that was only left in the rust at that point.
Actually........
One of the more interesting videos I've seen this week. 😂
satisfying video 👍
Glad you enjoyed!
Even before seeing that video, I would suggest it gets silvery again with a whole lot of rustholes after that
How about after you saw it?
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.
Thanks for the like, Mark. I've been recently trying similar things. In my case just a couple of screws and related. Vinegar and salt is all that they need (small things) in two days to forget about rust (trust me). You don't need to buy anything else. The problem I didn't resolve is protection. And that's why I've told you about this method. I could have tried it, but my heat gun now doesn't want to get a high temperature.
I’m going to watch this now to see if the rust returns
hammer time.
STOP!
I'm not sure why you thought this would not work. I think this is how archeological artifacts are cleaned.
Well... I'm not an archeaologist?
Ultrasonic cleaner with Rust Converter - maybe. Laser? Definitely.
I need a laser capable of this!!
Like a half-arsed my mechanics video. In the best possible way.
That’s a compliment I’ll accept!
Yeah.
Have you tried wiping your tip on the curtains?
Yes I have and now I’m divorced.
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.
STOP!
You must be bored, how was the hammers function impaired by the rust? 😂
The extra drag caused by the rust as it moves through the air to hit things obviously has a considerable effect on its performance, whereas the aerodynamic shiny rust-free version obviously improves efficiency and performance. That’s where the saying “as aerodynamic as a hammer” comes from. Allegedly…
The rust made a mess. Lol
@@MarkFixesStuff That as well. Probably more so.
learning about Carry On made a lot of your lines make more sense, ooh err matron.
Disgusting!
You need to get a fiber laser. A tool every boy wants, but can't afford.
I wonder how well an ultrasonic cleaner can clean the stuff fron your housefire
That's coming soon!
@MarkFixesStuff love your channel BTW keep the amazing content comming
@@LetsPlayKeldeo Thank you so much!!
#StopHammerTime
You love a good hammer
@@MarkFixesStuff it’s true. I’m never happier than when I’m getting hammered.
many many nails may now be twatted (it was lidl by the way)😛
Yes. I have a Lidl tool.
I'm busting, need to go 😄
I just did….
If I 'ad an 'ammer.
I could ave been a judge
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.
Nah, it's just that usually the tip gets most of the beating.
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.
No. It’s a misuse of the word really. Admonishing someone means telling them off. Scolding them, after bad behaviour.
@@MarkFixesStuff Yeah, I thought so, thanks :)
Distilled water is just tap water with some minerals ;)
Isn’t it the other way around?
@@MarkFixesStuff ...removed :D
The citrus acid did most of the work
I did wonder. Especially after leaving it overnight. Good information. Thank you!
@@MarkFixesStuff i watch some of those "restoration" videos and acid makes rust lift. Usually it's vinegar they use but citrus is also potent while gentle.
@@voltare2amstereo I sort of added it as an afterthought. I mainly use it for my kitchen appliances like my steamer and kettle because shop bought descalers smell nasty. Looks like my instincts were accidentally correct for once!
♪ ♫ 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. 😆
All over this land.
spray some clear coat on it to stop it rusting again?
Mayne some mineral oil... or don't leave it outside for two years... 😁😁😁