My dad told me to soak my rusty garden tools in vinegar for 24 hours instead of buying new ones

I thought he was crazy but I had a shovel and pruners covered in rust from last winter. Soaked them in a bucket of white vinegar overnight and the rust came right off with a scrub brush. Anyone else tried this or got a better method for dealing with rust?

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hollym821d ago

Better try it on something worthless first, it ate the handle off my trowel.

jenny_sullivan971d ago

Did you try soaking it in white vinegar? I accidentally left one of mine in something similar and a vinegar soak overnight got the gunk off without eating any more of the handle.