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Rusted Tools? Try This $3 Kitchen Powder Instead! (Physics Don't Lie)

Sanchez Explains

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Rusted Tools? Try This $3 Kitchen Powder Instead! (Physics Don't Lie) — sounds like a simple household hack, but the science behind chemical oxide removal is incredibly powerful. In this video, you’ll discover how a $3 kitchen powder can dissolve heavy rust without the need for exhaustive sanding or expensive industrial chemicals.

We break down the chelation reaction that occurs when this powder interacts with iron oxide, passively separating rust from healthy metal. You’ll learn how to set up this cleaning bath today, why the physics of this reaction is more efficient than manual labor, and how to restore your tools to mint condition for next to nothing.

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@SanchezExplains Creator 5 months ago Pinned

We are currently developing a series of ebooks focused on budget-friendly gadgets you can make at home to replace expensive commercial items.

In the meantime, we have an ebook available where we teach how to build water purification filters, radio antennas, and small rodent traps. You can check it out here: https://viralscale.systeme.io/bc71021d-919c997b

@marknahabedian1803 5 months ago

The narrative is tediously long.

@oldoldpilgrim7898 5 months ago

I laughed out loud when the video showed all metal tools and the narrator told us how to keep them from floating.

@jadenephrite 5 months ago (edited)

To mitigate rust on iron or steel, a process known as "Rust Conversion" can be performed using Tannic acid. Tannin from oak trees, oak bark, oak leaves, oak galls or acorns is extracted by boiling them in hot water. The dark brew contains Tannic acid which is applied over rust. The brown rust known as iron oxide is converted to a black coating known as "Ferric Tannate" which resists rusting. Furthermore, tannin can also be used to preserve animal hide which becomes leather.

@YodaWhat 5 months ago

Camphor was formerly used for protection from both rust and moth damage. Now we use a synthetic aromatic chemical derived from petroleum for "moth balls". Either way, the protectant sublimates, which displaces air inside any closed space that is not quite airtight. Along with pushing out the oxygen, water vapor is also pushed out. Without those two, rusting stops. This works best when there are no changes in temperature and no changes in air pressure, but both of those are generally inevitable. The cure is simple: MORE moth balls, for more sublimation, and more displacement of air and humidity.

@RobLapsle 5 months ago

You have iron/steel tools that float? Must save a lot of weight in the toolbox.

@donames6941 5 months ago

Wooden handles tools may float

@jadenephrite 5 months ago

Rust on iron or steel can be dissolved by soaking in vinegar because it contains cetic acid or lemon juice because it contains Citric acid or Coca-Cola because it contains Phosphoric acid or potatoes because it contains Oxalic acid.

@gunsnwater 5 months ago

Carbonic acid carbonated water. Dumb AI.

@besley 5 months ago

Effective yes, and citric acid is the best thing to remove scale from teapots too. And it smells a lot better than vinegar. But this is chemistry, not physics.

@ernestsmith3581 5 months ago

I have read that a block of camphor stored with cleaned metal in a tightly closed continer will prevent rust. It appears the camphor volutizes (sublimates?) and condenses on the metal, protecting it. I have never hunted down a block of camphor as it would have been obtainable a century ago to try it. But it seems like a sound idea. (There may be ointments like Vaporub that will work too - I haven't experimented.)