De rusting tools.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

OK posted about this before but now got timed proof of the process.

Sunday night about 6:00 pm found a bucket in a corner of an old shed that has a leaking roof, more a lean to and nothing of value in there or shouldn't be.

However this bucket contains all my bricking tools which fortunately haven't needed to be used lately.

This was a brace and bit type drill as it came out.

Probably been in there for about 3 years.

Didn't toch it all all, just dropped it into a bucket of brick and patio cleaner diluted 2:1

Don't think the ratio matters that much but I did 2:1 to fill the bucket.

So went in at 6:00 on Sunday and came out 12:00 non yesterday, Monday so 18 hours just sat in a bucket.

This was it when it came out with no extra cleaning.

De-rusted enought that the chuck unscrewed by hand and the ratcket knob needed a slight help with a pair of grips but it all works.

Little trowel is useable but scarred.

So quick process, relatively inexpensive, no electric needed just a plastic bucket of some sort and the waste can safely be washed down a drain as that what it was made for in the firts place.

[Geoff TheasbyParticipant @geofftheasby]

What made you choose brick and patio cleaner, it doesn't sound intuitive? Well done, though!

Regards

Geoff

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Bricking tools

[Chris ParsonsParticipant @chrisparsons64193]

Used to use this in my diving life to remove concretion (barnacles etc) from recovered artifacts

(not much good on old clay pipes though…)

Chris

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