Removing rust from very old railroad spikes
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- Опубліковано 14 січ 2023
- This video shows the elapsed process of removing rust from some of the seemingly older and more weathered railroad spikes from my personal collection. Using only vinegar and excessive time , the spikes were brought back to a “new” state once again .
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Every one should have rust free railroad spikes
Lol.. that was actually pretty funny imo
🤣🤣🤣👍
Lmao 🤣
Doot doot dootdootdoot doot doot doot
Careful to only use a light pressure wash so not to destroy the railroad spikes. 👍
I just saw on the news- a train derailed because someone removed all the railroad spikes for a home project.
yea that one in ohio right
@@b1eechsnak363no actually it was the Waffle House new host
Not to mention the 5 that have happened in the month since!!!
Local guy arrested trying ro salvage old spikes left behind after RR maintenance. Circa: 2020
These guys do anything for s video lol
Now that im thinking about it, i dont think ive ever seen a rail spike without rust in my life
im pretty sure they come pre-rusted
@@koenthiessen-qz1ezLike Home Depot boards come pre bent.
Oxygen is the cause of the rust. So engineers know steel will protect itself with a layer of rust. Once the rust is even the metal oxidation of the new material below the rust has no contact with oxygen so its degradation slows down letting the steel out last other metals over time.
Wild Wild West (1998*?), he plants a brand spankin shiny new gold spike to finish off a railroad project
@@wm9782that works for aluminium not iron
Now we know why them trains are all comin off the tracks. This guy pulled all the spikes
It is his assigned task to remove the rusted ones and completed the task on time. May be the one with the task to put new ones was late and didn't do on time.😂😂
Bruhh 😂😂
Contaminando a tope, pero los clavos como nuevos.
Lmao
*those
And then, they rusted again overnight because you didn't coat them in anything.
This step is a must!
@@LiPo5000 😆
He should have made a billet from them at least, that is usable material.
Exactly
Overnight? :0 That's faster than I thought.
Vinegar is a great rust remover, but it's also an acid and will continue to eat GOOD metal until it's gone. I'd NEVER leave something I want to look good, in a bucket of vinegar for a week, or even two days.
It's really for light surface rust removal.
Again, DO NOT leave anything important for restoration in acid for days. Thanks.
They be only old railroad spikes not a Rolex
@@sunfadedlovejaded7741 They're not in good condition anyways. Is better to buy some new.
so how do you get more than "light surface rust removal"? some kind of blasting? like sandblasting but less aggressive?
I accidentally dumped a feeler gauge in with a bunch of old tools into some vinegar- the next day it was liquid metal!
@@coppulor6500 Wire wheel and polishing pads.
"You can't smell a video!"
This video:
🤮
😁😁😁
I can taste it
Tasty!
Finally someone who did it right and without any extra solvents or chemical crap.
I mean vinegar is a chemical but ok lol
@garydrago I said "Without any extra solvents or chemical crap" I was talking about extra chemicals and solvents not saying chemicals won't work. Read it again sir.
This method of rust removal is known as pickling. When I'm done letter the rusty metal soak, I then wash them off with water and dishwashing liquid, and then immediately put them in an oil bath. This stops the rust in its tracks.
And you literally have pickles.
مانوع الزيت المستعمل بعد التخليل
To bad youdont dry them up befor the oil😅
Does cookimg oil work?
Sure does. Keeps them from sticking to the side of the bucket...@@confusedreindeer1295
Расскажите ему про пескоструй.
И не нужно будет химию в землю сливать.
Using coca cola can achieve the same rezult and dont harm the enviroment.
Vinegar is not a chemical my friend It's just not a chemical It's not going to hurt anything didn't know if you knew that or not l
лучше расскажите про coca-cola или fanta,эффект ещё лучше, ржавчина уходит раковины затягиваются возможно появление хрома
Два дня человек ничего не делал, с пескоструем он бы эти два дня их бы и чистил
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He just threw away the best part, the juice! That's what you want to paint your reclaimed wood with, it's a beautiful stain and transfers the rust or the iron directly into the cellulose of the wood and gives it a gorgeous finish with oils and smell from regular stains, If you want to make your own stain without railroad spikes just use 0000 steel wool and let it sit in the vinegar for about three or four days and then get a paintbrush and put it on your reclaim wood or your pallets and watch what happens! Don't throw that juice away it's the best thing you'll ever use and it gets better with age and different woods used in pallet projects will take on different colors different hues, and will even get darker if you add separate coats days apart.
It brings out the tannins in the wood and will give a different stain depending on the type of wood. You can also use different metals in vinegar for slightly different results.
Ain’t nobody got time for that!
Patina
I hear motor oil is a good choice too.
Wow I’ve never heard of that I so gotta try it
Annnnnd it's time for bed. Ya always know it's time to shut it down when you catch yourself mildly invested in the restoration of old railroad spikes. 😂😂
Lmao... I have a neighbor, who I get along with 100 percent...he's a cool dude. He has about 9 or 10 crazy projects at one time going on... he all over the place. I jokingly tell him he needs to rest and lay off the Meth.. This is 100 percent something he would do.
@@Chewy_GarageBandDad 🤣🤣🤣... That's Hilarious!!
Tbh, my Dad was like that too. He had so many little projects on the go, that it was almost impossible for him to finish any of them. Lol
Vinegar is fantastic for many household applications as well. I get twitchy if I don't have at least 6 gallons at home.
Is the goo toxic??
@@eveliinatistelgren172 Is what toxic? I have a bunch of animals including birds. They are all sensitive to odors especially the birds - a chemical odor can kill them. So I don't allow any chemicals in my house unless absolutely necessary and it has to be a nice day so I can put the birds in their outside cages. Vinegar, baking soda, salt, lemon, hydrogen peroxide and 70% or more alcohol will clean just about anything in my house. I don't have kids anymore so everything stays neat and tidy.
I am not knocking chemicals, they do serve their purpose - I just don't need them and want to keep the animals safe.
@@naomiemoore5725 no the orange goo from the reaction
Now I know how to clean up my bucket of rusty railroad spikes! Awesome! And to think I was resigned to living with rusty spikes! I thought I would never get those damn things clean!
Great, you now have a bucket full of Railroad spikes that will rust again in under a week. Congrats!!
Any time you use an acid cleaner (vinegar), it's a good idea to follow with a neutralizer/alkaline wash, like baking soda. If any vinegar stayed in the pores it will continue corroding.
The best answer!
Should i dissolve baking soda on water? then spray to the metals that was soaked in vinegar?
The water spray reduced the acidic response.
@@BOUNTYEATER yes thats what I do
all that water was enough, but your method is useful if you are using small amounts of water or using other acids, after that put oil on the part to prevent flash rusting because the metal will be very exposed
A medieval method for cleaning chainmaille armour:
Place it in a barrel with sand and vinegar. Seal it. Roll it down a hill a few times.
I wonder if they actually went and developed a form of sandblasting using this type of sand agitation method, put in a barrel or other container and rotated on a water wheel or animal powered gear
@@kanesmith8271 Polishing, yes, but I don't think that it fits the description of sandblasting.
@@kanesmith8271 If you're interested in medieval technology and engineering, find the book, "Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel" by Frances and Joseph Gies.
no
Skip the vinegar. It damages the metal. Use plain sand; it is reusable multiple times.🙂😺
Don't forget to rub down with bi-carb soda to neutralise the vinegar otherwise you will get a copper look stain on them
Windex its way faster or just ammonia in a spray bottle and wont leave massive amounts of residue
Copper look stain is interesting.. I thought it was rust again
@@MenardMetalCraft no champ, it's a reaction in the metal rub it down with bicarb and copper stain won't show up
Maybe that would be a cool look? Welds. spatter etc. will require an angle grinder and wire wheel for my needs. I did not see that copper look in the video….though?
Now the poison water just infiltrated my well where my water comes from.
is iron oxide poisonous?
@@HenryHobson-uc2bkexactly my thought
Ah, hell, you're probably anemic. You need the FeSo4. 😂
@@HenryHobson-uc2bkIt's iron sulfate. Exactly the same thing in iron pills for anemia. Perfectly safe, unless you're LD and eat a pound or two.
It’s literally iron and vinegar. Both very natural occurring chemicals
Fallout 4 brain: Thats some good ammo right there
Exactly!
У этого человека должен быть гвоздомёт иначе зачем ему они 😅
I remembered doing this in the early seventies as a kid. The last 40 yrs I've use vinegar to remove rust off of chrome rims, bolts, spokes etc on trucks and my Harleys.
Can this technique remove rust stain from clothes?
@@hehehaha8922 and the colour to
@@jerryston3837 what if cloth is white?
Harleys..? Hummm
@@hehehaha8922 It'll eat the fabric.
Does a light rinse at the end and starts the rust process all over again! Lol
Unless you equalise with base like soda
Yes! And do you know why??? Because..."Rust Never Sleeps"---Neal Young circa 1975 (approx.)
Took the words outta my mouth
If it's not dried in a short period of time it will re-rust, better to rinse it in water/baking soda solution to neutralize the acid then dry them.
@@timford3599 Its Neil not neal.Rotten Johnny.
I woke up this morning wondering how I was gonna remove the rust from my rail road spikes. What a coincidence.
Odd, there was a train derailment couple days ago...where did you get those?
Hahaha hahaha
It's technically illegal (petty theft as it still belongs to the railroad), but a lot of time they're just left aside of the track.
When I was a kid I had a clean railroad spike and painted it gold just like the Meeting of the Rails.
Great tip!.... I'll try to remember this one next time I'm building a railroad.
😂
They hatched from their chrysalis into beautiful butterflies.
As someone who works in the steel industry, I appreciate this...💪
собирали метал вдоль бывшии узкоколейки наткнулись случайно в кучку заросший травой и крапивой капнули, а там вот эти костыли и чуть больше ладоошки четырмя дырками пластины. загрузили пол кузова на мурзик, думал будет тонн 8_9 по дороге балон лопнул вышло 12 тонн с копейками(кг 6 р стоило)
If you had waited long enough, the railroad spikes would have vanished altogether and you'd be left with a bucketful of rust soup.
I wonder how my skin would react to rust soup if holding dry rust makes me itch and break out in a rash lol
Save the solution and give it to anyone who does wood work. It's amazing for antiquing new lumber to match it up with old weathered lumber.
Thank You for this video clip demonstrating the potency of vinegar I shall now use this method for cleaning some old tools & many other things in times to come
Looked better with the rust.
Agreed, I have 6 rusted and one clean, stopped after cleaning the first since I like the rustic look. If you want new railroad spikes just buy them
I kind of agree and kind of disagree. I use them to weld up (and sometimes cut, splice) for art. Welds are a different color contrasting. Having to spend time wire brushing them takes up more time than welding.? When finished….clear coat will presumably protect the metal from future rust?
New stick without rust is better all shiny and looks new😮
Yes, nail soup! It's good for you! ( lots of iron in it!)
Hahahahaha
Iron oxide? Maybe...
@@vastroxost I think that’s what’s found in hemoglobin but I’m not sure
If I’m not mistaken the process here is the acetic acid in the vinegar reacting with the rust to form iron acetate or something. Another interesting thing to try maybe to hit it with a reducing flame like hydrogen or something. That may help reduce the amount of material lost by the end of the process but I’m not super sure.
I done this on my screwdriver bits. Used white vinegar and put the bits in a takeaway plastic container. After 2 days almost looked like new! It was amazing how black the solution got after 2 days too!
I used vinegar in the scrubbing machine at work on a white tile floor . Took awhile but eventually it shone like the hospital floor . True story. You could see that grime and crap just lift with the scrubbing pads .
Sandblasting is my favorite way to remove rust personally... so satisfying
0:29 the forbidden mashed sweet potatoes
Agitating after 24 hours
"You are worthless rusty railroad spikes and that's all you'll ever be!"
😩😂😂
UwU
You obviously never seen the things blacksmiths make from old railroad spikes. They are extremely good steel with the rust and corrosion removed.
Do not attack people doing something you do not know anything about.
@@larrytischler570 He was joking
Hilarious
Molasses and Water, ( 1 in 5) does an excellent job on all rusty Steell and Iron.
Just oil after pressure cleaning. I did a 1800s Post Drill Press in this, and it came up " Grey Iron".
DocAV
sir? how to clean engine oily parts
@@3stargarage
Hot water with degreaser liquid soup keep the water not hot but fairly warm
Let it absorb and soak up
You got to get the heavy grease and dirt away first
@@xppro2218 tiến Việt Nam
@@xppro2218 I like to use Campbell's Creamy Tomato as my 'liquid soup.'
Wow! I think you just cured world hunger. Was doing that stupid crap 30 yrs ago
I honestly didn't know that they looked like that clean!
End product....old railway spikes
Right back where we started!
இது எண்ண ஆசிட்சாமி
Funciona, yo tengo unas dobladoras de tubo redondo que las hizo mi padre, tienen como 30 años y estaban totalmente oxidadas e incluso usando vinagre echado a perder funcionó y eso que estaba diluido en agua, es decir coloque mas o menos por medio litro de vinagre unos 10 litros de agua del grifo y espere una semana y se desprendió todo el óxido, luego tuve que lavarlo con agua y cepillar casi nada con una esponja de acero (virulana) y secarlo rápido y ponerlos al sol y quedaron como nuevos y utilizables para trabajar... perdón por escribir mucho, pero por si no tienen mucho vinagre les puede servir mi consejo
muchas gracias por tu consejo y no escribes mucho al contrario explicas bien
Heck yessel, Nao chummel pong. Lim laye low uh👁 yea meen mane. Von chop la rut t try j a vajay jay GINA!
Que tipo de vinagre?
Vinagre de manzana sino me equivocó, el común que se usa en la cocina y lo deje una semana a la sombra, luego lavado y secado al sol, para evitar de nuevo la oxidación
@@reddithistorias123 Gracias
ima say it.
forbidden peanut butter
Don't throw that vinegar out. It make a great iron acetate stain for wood.
I actually used to collect those planning an art project but never thought to do this to clean them. Thanks, Ill get back on it, much appreciated
Art project? Maybe; don't try use them for anything that requires strength. You just ruined them. They will snap off first time any stress is applied😠👎😏
It’s about time somebody washed those
Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean, Mr. Cleeeean!
plywood looking nice after that pour
The funniest thing is i have never NOT seen these things not rusted 😂
Glad I checked these comments first! Was about to order a couple cases of vinegar for the frame of a '78 F250 I'm rebuilding.
Okay you going to have to find a big plastic tub to soak the frame in remember something big enough to hold it but it can't be made of porcelain because what will happen is what happened in Breaking Bad when the tub fell through the ceiling
🤣🤣🤣
I could not wait to view the comments, and I was NOT disappointed
😂
When railroad spikes have taco bell...
I have always wondered what would happen to railroad spikes if you soaked them in dookie 💩. Thanks for this video my friend. I showed this video to my neighbor and he also has always been curious about soaking railroad spikes in dookie 💩 Imagine that. I knew I wasn't the only one.
I worked in water treatment for 15 years, try soaking them in potato pealings and water next time.
Muriatic Acid Works Really Well !!, Just Dont Leave Them Unattended!!
They Will Disolve!
@@maxpowerspowers9183I left an old ratchet in muriatic acid once... Ate the thing right up. Stuff is freakin powerful
@@maxpowerspowers9183 and then throw the waste on the ground?
Potato Peels, What does that do exactly??
@@maxpowerspowers9183 it makes potatoes cold.
I can't wait to do this to my extra railroad spikes
Molasses works amazingly too!!
So you're saying that I just need to soak the frame of my truck in vinegar? Nice!
You can use that gunk to stain wood and leather. It can be a deep greenish grey or sometimes black
What a great tip if you own any length of train tracks.
you dont have to own it, they just leave it lying all over the place!
The forbidden smoothie
Now I can have rust-free rail spikes...every day
1 day or overnight an check results. it's eating the metal too. Use a funnel an save the vinegar to use again later. And you need to paint or oil soonest. light rust or oxidation happens fast.
Original coke cola will work too!
BS saving the vinegar
Agree - 24 hours is probably plenty of time, at most another day.
The vinegar is toast by now
@@ratbagley On a side note, I am at my sister's house this week and she had an adjustable wrench with some rust on it so I soaked it for about 6 hours in vinegar. Didn't make any difference. Turned out it was old, crusty teak oil! (Our father's old boat wrench) Hahaha!
Railroad spikes are so epic and cool
Did this with some older tools worked a treat 👍
WOW JUST VINEGAR ?
AMAZING ! 🤗👍
Excellent job. Good for the ground water?
No bad environmental hazard in this small amount. The acetic acid is diluted by the water and the iron oxide becomes iron acetate, a non toxic salt sometimes used in making wood stains.
Maybe you'd rather pour it down the drain?
My thoughts exactly 🙄
@@achaille9110
Wouldn't matter either way. There are no toxic byproducts here.
@@lawrencemacd63 everything is natural nothing wrong with it The only thing he might kill is the grass he poured it on only because he would change the pH balance of the soul drastically but that's a big maybe
Thank-you from me and my yard tools.
Ah yes, the forbidden sweet potato soufflé. I do this often with old Diston Saws.
I use vinegar all the time for rusted tools, parts & nuts & bolts! Vinegar costs about $3.00 a gallon compared to Evapo-Rust which costs $30.00+ a gallon
Time?
@@saurabh6453 chemicals polluting your fields...
@@saurabh6453 anywhere from a couple of hours to overnight depending on how bad the part is rusted!
Put them back in the tracks now
💥🚂🚃🚃🚃
The forbidden orange juice
What is holding down the railroad right now? Those look important
There's abandoned railroad tracks all over the place. One near me that ends in a giant lake in the middle of the woods 😄
I could have thousands of these things if I wanted them. I just grab one anytime I need to make a chisel.
This is also how you unstuck motors that have sat for a really long time
Unstuck!
You know what's weird... they look really good after you cleaned them.. but technically rust is the metal that's eroded away from the object so technically strange to think but those things are actually smaller now
I did not know that. So cheap and easy. Thanks.
Make sure you wash it with a bicarbonate or after a few months those things will be completely eaten up.
I used to collect these as a kid.
That nail reminds me of Good Friday 😢
I use vinegar all the time , it works fantastic.
It can be used as a weedkiller too. Soak in to roots. Cracks in patio, driveway,etc. A lot cheaper than dangerous chemicals
@@doncarsley2532 I’m gonna try it , sounds a lot better than roundup. Thank’ s
It takes about 3-4days
I use the 35 % and add salt water heated up on the stove
@@robertcarmosino6563 ok I’ll try that , thanks
Wow !! Just what I’ve always wanted in my entire life. A bucket full of railroad spikes 😂🤣🤪🤪
Yes, that and a year's supply of 'Blue Coral' car wax. Thanks for playing "Let's Make a Deal."
I do this with all my rusted metals and it works great. 👍
Yeah, perfect! I have tons of vinegar, the problem is where to get spikes...
Beside rail road tracks
The forbidden Mac n cheese
the bucket is just an outhouse after taco bell dinner
You need to neutralise the vinegar. use a 50:50 mix of bi carb soda and water.
Vinegar is awesome. I clean the inside of my microwave with it.
It's also a great weed and grass killer, 1 gallon vinegar 1 cup salt 1tbsp dish soap
The earth is also happy to absorb all the chemicals. Thank you!
At the one week mark, that mess looks exactly like my wife's sweet potato casserole lol.
Liking the iron oxide more than the end result
I have used this trick for years on farm equipment brings it right back to life. Also works great for getting rust out of the shower
Me encanta cuando esparce el quimico contaminante en la tierra, una maravilla, ahora plantemos un árbol en ese lugar
I forgot my railway spikes when I went on vacation. Upon my return, I had railway nails😢
Haha how long did you leave them in for?
Three weeks
wow very impressed those are some old railroad spikes they look great now
Those aren't very old. They deteriorate quickly.
There goes the antique patina.
I never waste that patina.
It not only removes rust but it gives them a wonderful smell and a yummy taste.
This means that Heinz vinegar is excellent for removing rust. 🌹 🌹 🌹 🌹
My favorite part is how he immediately sprayed them with water afterwards 🤣.
they have to be rinsed off . normally , you would pour baking soda on them first . afterwards , spray them with wd-40 .
What's wrong with that? Rinse then neutralize.
As a railroad worker, that’s cool as hell
how good to see that you pay attention to the environment👍👍👍✍️✍️👀👏👏👏👏
I gotta try this with some spikes I have laying around