My Antique Hand Tool Collection
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@salko yeah, a few people recommended vinegar, but a few others cautioned me that if you soak the tool too long or don’t fully clean it off, the vinegar weakens the steel? I think I read that Evaporust doesn’t pose this problem. I hope that’s true because I soaked a lot of stuff for a while.
@pjgeorge I have been told it’s indeed a slick. It was the first time I had ever heard of such a thing. I have a good size wooden handle that fits in the socket.
It amazes me how people come up fairy tales, I would ask them since vinegar is a consumable food product and that it rests in our bellies so how come it doesn’t eat up the lining of our stomachs.
I know it’s safe to leave it soaked overnight and usually you would use wd40 or turpentine to wipe it down so I don’t believe it would weaken the metal but I will ask a friend of mine who is a metallurgist.
“saiko” lol I am a clock maker after all I guess I could start a new knock off brand.