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<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nA common method of selling used tools at the flea is to spread a blanket on the ground , dump your wares on it and let people rummage through.<\/p>\n
There were about half a dozen hammers on one blanket and a couple of them caught my eye.\u00a0 I saw from a distance that one was a straight claw hammer. I have 4 curved claw hammers but have wanted a straight claw for a while now.\u00a0 When I picked it up and looked closely I could see that the rust was too heavy for my taste.<\/p>\n
Removing it would be too much bother.\u00a0 I put it down and grabbed the best looking ball-pein hammer in the lot.<\/p>\n
“One dollar,” said the dealer who I hadn’t even looked at it yet. I looked up to see where the voice was coming from.\u00a0 I must have seemed confused because he said it again, “one dollar for any of those tools.”<\/p>\n
The rust on the claw hammer suddenly became very easily removable. I gave the man two dollars and continued on.<\/p>\n
Later that afternoon I cut a hole in the side of a empty ginger ale bottle, filled it with enough white vinegar to completely submerge the head of the hammer and let it sit. After a couple of hours I checked on it.<\/p>\n The acid in vinegar attacks rust and sometimes, if the rust is light, you need only leave things in for an hour or so, wipe with a 000 steel wool pad and rinse. Sometimes it takes longer. The hammer ended up having to spend the night submerged in vinegar and even then I had to use a hand wire brush to scrub away the rust.<\/p>\n Not the best example of rust removal.<\/p>\n Neither are these offset box end wrenches and channel type pliers.<\/p>\n (Before)<\/p>\n (After)<\/p>\n They’re not too bad either, but in a couple of spots I had to use a wire wheel and would have preferred not too.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n