Timeline for Removing rust from tools
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| Mar 1, 2015 at 21:23 | comment | added | Johnathan Elmore | True, the question was how to make tools work better. wd40.com says it will free rusted parts. In my case they weren't stuck, they were just covered in a lot of topical rust. The WD-40 only removed about 15% of the rust, but even that could have been the result of scrubbing hard. | |
| Mar 1, 2015 at 18:19 | comment | added | subjectivist | Did you work them back and forth until they freed up? This has always worked for me. I've found pliers covered in rust and rigid. With a little work and WD40 they free up. | |
| Mar 1, 2015 at 16:10 | comment | added | Johnathan Elmore | I tried this on a pair of pliers that rusted after a couple of days. I went straight to WD-40 with a shop towel, and after 5 minutes it really didn't look like much had happened. | |
| Feb 28, 2015 at 2:36 | history | answered | subjectivist | CC BY-SA 3.0 |