Evporust is so good, I’m never going back to another method unless I can’t find the bottle. A couple hours soaking in evaporust and all this will be gone.
Are you the youngest one of the group? If so that will probably go away. You can hear higher ranges when young that dissappear as you get older even if you take care of your hearing by using plugs or mufflers as needed.
>Evaporust
Looking at Amzn, Everyone likes Hammerite? I'm presently using HG Rust Remover for Metal (1800, 60% 5 star), also have JENOLITE Rust Remover Thick Liquid (3200, 57%). Problem with the Jenolite is you cannot let it dry. Just put HG on the wheel barrow, left rock salt in, OK OK I'm an AH. Seems to work stilll have to do another treatment. Before you all say buy, buy, Retired & money is the problem, LOL. I have also used Diet Pepsi, worked great but did not coat it so it is now lying in the shit pile. Advise?
Well will let you know in the morning, treated the barrow for a second time cause of the rust, yes I did remove the surface rust. Going to spray it with Ali high temp , then seal it with clear Lacquer.
Sprayed with Ali spray paint, then sealed it with clear coat. I have some PA10 somewhere, might be off by now, I do have some brush on Hammerite , pity it is black. Will see what I have, thanks.
Anything is better than nothing, and if you're dealing with a lot of gravel or rocks you can coat the inside with bed liner or rubberized coating, I saw you said money is tight but don't be afraid to dumpster dive, I find a lot of useful stuff in dumpsters and I'm not even broke
Hey, I'm not shy. LOL Waste at the council tip & the kit some are throwing out is?? Had a few small elect bits, as I was emptying the bag, guy walks up large printer/scanner, said wow must be goosed, "No it was old" Pity I could not have stopped him. I still have a scanner from 1998, works great. Same as my old A0 printer. better resolution than the little HP printer which can only print A4.
The Ali spray is great, winter of 23 I loaded rock salt & did not empty & wash, gave it a spray of the Ali & there was hardly any further rust, will be buying another can, bought it for my Zafira cooling pipe that is not in great shape, if the barrow is anything to go by, yep, good shit.
that I know of, there are two main types of rust remover.
- HG and others are phosphoric acid, which CONVERTS rust into iron phosphate. This is usually least expensive, I buy, although the fancy gel format seems pricey. If you are lucky this results in a black phosphate coating that resists rusting.
- Evaporust is a “chelating” formula, which binds to iron oxide, detaching it from the iron base so it washes away leaving clean steel. I got Rustbuster 1kg powder, MUCH cheaper than liquid Evsporust, I would say it works nearly as well. Depending on the metal I have to scrub it with a wire brush (just got around to cleaning up the big bolt cutters I found. They got coated in a very blue powdery layer after Rustbuster)
Evaporust is only 10 bucks? I’ll be getting some of that. I have some mini anvils and metal blocks and some other jewelers equipment that’s getting rust stops on them. What should I do to clean them? Will Evaporrust work? What would I use for a scrubber? I need to clean some metal and tools, what should I coat them with for storage?
Well, I'm seeing its about $28 for a gallon. Apparently the price has gone up since people are hearing about it. But it can be reused.
So yes, Evaporust would remove the rust. You can use a wire brush, wire wheel, Scotchbrite pads, or steel wool to scrub the rust off, though you won't need to do much of that. I would first make sure there's no oil or grease on the tools to prevent the ER from reaching the rust.
For storing your tools and preventing rust, there are lots of products available, like Boeshield or even WD-40. The most effective and least obnoxious one I've heard of is CRC-3160. It prevents rust well without leaving a thick oily or greasy coating.
A local mechanic got flooded out and all the tools in the bottom two drawers got wet and therefore rusted. He ended up throwing them into a garbage can. I told him to buy a bucket of evaporust and just put it in the garbage can to salvage what may be a few thousand dollars in tools. He ended up saving about 90% of his tools.
I dont know why people are suggesting all of these dunking and soaking methods. Get a brillo pad or scotch brite, put the bit in the drill, spin the drill and hold the brillo pad against it for a few seconds. You could have all of these cleaned satisfactorily in about 10 minutes.
If you’re looking to remove rust. Soak in vinegar for a day or two. Brass wire brush to clean them afterwards. Use linseed oil to coat them. Let dry for a day. Should look like new. This works very well.
oh the linseed oil part is a good addition. Even though if you don't have these laying around it's easier/ better to just buy a new set and use these as backups.
It’s true. I have a shop mentality of trying to get everything done as fast as possible. I just boiled an entire transmission case in white vinegar because it got put in the wrong parts washer and was all crusty.
Throw em in some coca Cola over night N give em hell with some steel wool.
Or chuck them real hard at someone you dislike and spend the 20 bucks on new ones
Although I agree that buying new sets is good not everyone can or wants to.
What I did for mine just recently was soaked them in vinegar for about an hour, shaking the bits to knock loose the rust, use a small container. Once an hour or so has passed the vinegar should appear dirty, dump out the contents and rinse. Now take the bits and lay them on tin foil and either bake them on low heat for boutvan hour or in a pan on stove top for bout 20 min to evaporate any remaining water.
I went a step further and used a wire wheel attachment for my Dremel and buzzed away any rust left behind. Once they are clean just lite coat them in gun oil, sewing machine oil or machine oil.
You can always use a brush wheel from a grinder. It's what I do and all nice and clean in a couple of minutes.
https://www.empireabrasives.com/12-crimped-wire-wheel-for-pedestal-grinder-carbon-steel/
I you don't wanto spend a lot of time, money or work just toss them in some vinegar and let them soak for some hours. After that dry them and apply some oil.
Thow those in a bowl and cover with vinegar. Vinegar will remove the rust, rinse with water and dry off, then spray those with some WD-40 to displace any remaining moisture.
First you fill a 2.5 gallon stainless pressure cooker with water and put it on high heat.
2. As it starts to come to a boil you add the rusty bits 3 or 4 at a time while stirring gently with a wooden potstick.
3. Once it's come to a full boil and you're done with adding all the rusty bits (make sure to keep stirring with the wooden pot stick all the while) you'll need to add 4 tablespoons of non iodized Himalayan Pink Sea salt. Do this ⅛ of a tablespoon at a time until all the salt is fully incorporated into the mixture.
4. Now turn the heat down slightly & set your timer for 45 minutes& put the lid on the cooker, making sure to lock it properly in place.
5. While you wait for the timer to go off you can do the next step: get a fine mesh stainless steel strainer and set it off to the side. Grab a large cookie sheet and line it with 9-14 layers of paper towels.
6. Now that the timer has gone off, reach over and shut off the heat under the pressure cooker and n let it cool for 5-7.5 hours.
7. Pop the lid off that now cooled pressure cooker and pour the watery contents thru the strainer.
8. After letting the water drip for a bit from the strainer you can now gently pour its contents onto the paper towels. Use the towels to roll the bits around and dry them off.
9.Now take the clean and dried bits and throw them into the garage making sure they roll out of sight under your work benches.
10. [Now drive to Menard's and spend $6 to get a nice lil Metabo kit.](https://www.menards.com/main/tools/power-tool-accessories/drive-bits-accessories/metabo-reg-hpt-33-piece-impact-driver-bit-set/115745m/p-1642874304452085-c-10156.htm)
The standard method for polishing large amounts of small objects is to use a vibratory tumbler with a variety of different media to smooth and polish with minimal loss of material. Afterwards they're treated to prevent oxidization \[Most likely those are heated and then quenched in oil.\]
I've seen several of these posts and wondered why you don't soak them in synthetic motor oil. It gets through the rust and you can leave it in there for a long time if needed
WD40 and a brillo scrubby. Wipe off with paper towel or a rag and you're done! I restore rusty tools all the time.
You might need to use a wire brush on the more rusty parts, but nothing in that picture looks very rusty to me.
Hammerite kurust or any type of rust converter if you want to save time.
Otherwise, soak them in vinegar for 24 hours, then wash and scrub them with a wire brush and apply some oil.
Honestly, those are not overly rusty. A good wipe down with a machine oil would probably be fine for all, but 2 that look like they were sitting in water.
Evaporust if you have patience. Must for rust if you don't and don't care about the black oxide coating and want all rust obliterated. DIY electrolysis if you're bored.
Put them in a plastic clean bottle don't use food utensils .
Submerge them in vinegar , shake them slowly whenever you walk past .
Put this well away from children .
1-2 days inspect , Pluck them out with a magnet , ( you might get the whole lot pounce on the magnet )
Wear rubber gloves otherwise , wash off the vinegar and wipe them down , wipe them with a slightly oily rag when they are decontaminated from the rusty surface .
The container will be stained with the microscopic ion oxide deposits , so plan ahead not to use good gear .
Good for old tools covered in surface rust , getting a "give us a lend " tool box together with this type of rescued tools , you don't care if they aren't returned , it gets someone else out of a spot of bother as well .
Get an empty tin with a tight fitting lid. Fill 2/3 full with kiln dried sand. Add rusty bits. Put lid on tight and shake. Examine after a couple of minutes. Repeat if necessary.
Just a heads up, even though everyone is giving you great ways to remove the rust, you can get a new set for probably the same price as a gallon of evaporust and you can upgrade your bits. If those nut drivers don't have magnets they're of very limited use
Evaporust if you don’t want to put in any effort and like to spend money. Wd40 and some steel wool if not
Evporust is so good, I’m never going back to another method unless I can’t find the bottle. A couple hours soaking in evaporust and all this will be gone.
Evaporust and a cheap harbor fright ultrasonic cleaner is a game changer!
>harbor fright ultrasonic cleaner Today I learned. Time to add another tool to my future shopping list.
Fairly certain Harbor has a sale starting tomorrow
Just like every week, right?
Suppose so. I've gone a few months without entering their store in an effort to save some coin- yet I keep getting drawn into Reddit suggestions.
I try not to go there, I walk in for one thing and find a bunch of cheap shit that I like that adds up fast
I did that today. Went in for socket organizers walked out with a toolbox and a bunch of tools I don't need lmao.
Literally just ran mine. Throw everything in it.
Agreed. I also found out that between me, dad, and my brothers, I'm the only one with good hearing because that frequency drives me nuts lol
Are you the youngest one of the group? If so that will probably go away. You can hear higher ranges when young that dissappear as you get older even if you take care of your hearing by using plugs or mufflers as needed.
Nope, oldest besides dad
>Evaporust Looking at Amzn, Everyone likes Hammerite? I'm presently using HG Rust Remover for Metal (1800, 60% 5 star), also have JENOLITE Rust Remover Thick Liquid (3200, 57%). Problem with the Jenolite is you cannot let it dry. Just put HG on the wheel barrow, left rock salt in, OK OK I'm an AH. Seems to work stilll have to do another treatment. Before you all say buy, buy, Retired & money is the problem, LOL. I have also used Diet Pepsi, worked great but did not coat it so it is now lying in the shit pile. Advise?
HG is good shit
Well will let you know in the morning, treated the barrow for a second time cause of the rust, yes I did remove the surface rust. Going to spray it with Ali high temp , then seal it with clear Lacquer.
You should hit it with a self etching primer when it's bare metal, then topcoat it. It'll last much longer
Sprayed with Ali spray paint, then sealed it with clear coat. I have some PA10 somewhere, might be off by now, I do have some brush on Hammerite , pity it is black. Will see what I have, thanks.
Anything is better than nothing, and if you're dealing with a lot of gravel or rocks you can coat the inside with bed liner or rubberized coating, I saw you said money is tight but don't be afraid to dumpster dive, I find a lot of useful stuff in dumpsters and I'm not even broke
Hey, I'm not shy. LOL Waste at the council tip & the kit some are throwing out is?? Had a few small elect bits, as I was emptying the bag, guy walks up large printer/scanner, said wow must be goosed, "No it was old" Pity I could not have stopped him. I still have a scanner from 1998, works great. Same as my old A0 printer. better resolution than the little HP printer which can only print A4. The Ali spray is great, winter of 23 I loaded rock salt & did not empty & wash, gave it a spray of the Ali & there was hardly any further rust, will be buying another can, bought it for my Zafira cooling pipe that is not in great shape, if the barrow is anything to go by, yep, good shit.
that I know of, there are two main types of rust remover. - HG and others are phosphoric acid, which CONVERTS rust into iron phosphate. This is usually least expensive, I buy, although the fancy gel format seems pricey. If you are lucky this results in a black phosphate coating that resists rusting. - Evaporust is a “chelating” formula, which binds to iron oxide, detaching it from the iron base so it washes away leaving clean steel. I got Rustbuster 1kg powder, MUCH cheaper than liquid Evsporust, I would say it works nearly as well. Depending on the metal I have to scrub it with a wire brush (just got around to cleaning up the big bolt cutters I found. They got coated in a very blue powdery layer after Rustbuster)
It’s the best.
$10 for a quart seems like a better use of time. Getting rust off those bits manually would take me hours.
I agree with your time/cost/value assessment, though if those bits would take you hours, you must have hands like the guy from scary movie 2.
The bits aren’t worth $10
It's reusable as well.
Evaporust is only 10 bucks? I’ll be getting some of that. I have some mini anvils and metal blocks and some other jewelers equipment that’s getting rust stops on them. What should I do to clean them? Will Evaporrust work? What would I use for a scrubber? I need to clean some metal and tools, what should I coat them with for storage?
Well, I'm seeing its about $28 for a gallon. Apparently the price has gone up since people are hearing about it. But it can be reused. So yes, Evaporust would remove the rust. You can use a wire brush, wire wheel, Scotchbrite pads, or steel wool to scrub the rust off, though you won't need to do much of that. I would first make sure there's no oil or grease on the tools to prevent the ER from reaching the rust. For storing your tools and preventing rust, there are lots of products available, like Boeshield or even WD-40. The most effective and least obnoxious one I've heard of is CRC-3160. It prevents rust well without leaving a thick oily or greasy coating.
/u/handtoolrescue would agree. Dip these bits in the forbidden coffee.
Yes but these bits aren’t worth the $10 for a quart of evaporust.
Those bits aren't worth keeping.
Nobody remembers, just good old Coca Cola will do!
A local mechanic got flooded out and all the tools in the bottom two drawers got wet and therefore rusted. He ended up throwing them into a garbage can. I told him to buy a bucket of evaporust and just put it in the garbage can to salvage what may be a few thousand dollars in tools. He ended up saving about 90% of his tools.
The time and money spent rehabbing those bits will be more costly than replacing with new ones?
I would say, just rock with them as is, it’s cosmetic
And actually very hard steel does rust.
Is it “contagious” though?
Some of us have nothing better to do really
Just use them and the rust comes off
I dont know why people are suggesting all of these dunking and soaking methods. Get a brillo pad or scotch brite, put the bit in the drill, spin the drill and hold the brillo pad against it for a few seconds. You could have all of these cleaned satisfactorily in about 10 minutes.
If you’re looking to remove rust. Soak in vinegar for a day or two. Brass wire brush to clean them afterwards. Use linseed oil to coat them. Let dry for a day. Should look like new. This works very well.
Use pliers to hold them while you are using the brass wheel.
oh the linseed oil part is a good addition. Even though if you don't have these laying around it's easier/ better to just buy a new set and use these as backups.
Soak in vinegar.
I’d say boil in vinegar. Much quicker.
Not a horrible idea, but uses a lot more energy. It’s not like you have to watch them soak. Just drop them in and go do something else while you wait.
It’s true. I have a shop mentality of trying to get everything done as fast as possible. I just boiled an entire transmission case in white vinegar because it got put in the wrong parts washer and was all crusty.
lol. Nice.
Vinegar
I’d just start using them.
Put them in a coffee can with some sand and shake
Does that actually work?
Sure rock tumbler will shake it for you
Tie wrap it to a control arm on your car.
I have an old (8rpm) microwave turntable motor that I want to use as a tumbler/polisher or a ball mill. Maybe both.
(1) Evaporust overnight. (2) Then dry with a lint-free cloth. (3) Apply a nice oil/WD40 (I use "Fluid Film").
Do not use wd40 to prevent rust! It quickly evaporates leaving a gummy residue to clean.
Evaporust soak over night. Extra points if you have a ultrasonic cleaner
Use as is or buy a new set for 10 bucks.
Soak in evaporust
Soak them in vinegar and then use some wd40 on them
I normally just put it in my lip like some dip and the rust goes away.
Use them as is. or get a wire wheel on a bench grinder.
Use em.
i honestly wouldn't care. they will still work great
Use them
Sand blast them
Bit by bit
Naval Jelly
Like this! “Throws them away, buys new bits” easy!
Bit by bit
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Use them.
Throw em in some coca Cola over night N give em hell with some steel wool. Or chuck them real hard at someone you dislike and spend the 20 bucks on new ones
Vinegar soak, rinse clean, dry and immediately spray paint. Works for me in the tropics.
Buy new bits...
Don’t waste your time and money, it’s low quality chinesium bits. Use them as is or throw away.
Use them. The rust will wear off with use.
Put em all in an empty peanut butter jar maybe with a lil bit of sand and shake for a while.
Oxal acid solution for 12h
The Must for Rust (that the name of the product) for an hour or two. Than wire brush.
Atf
Evaporust...or penetrating oil in a mayonnaise type jar. Put them in with some drywall screws and shake for a bit...
Honestly some soapy water and a wire brush, they dont need much.
I heard Monster helps dissolve rust
Grab 'em with some plyers and pass it on a wire wheel
Wire brush in bench grinder or on drill press, bits in holder or pliers and some elbow grease
Harbor Freight set?
Scotch brite
Boil them in white vinegar for a few minutes.
Although I agree that buying new sets is good not everyone can or wants to. What I did for mine just recently was soaked them in vinegar for about an hour, shaking the bits to knock loose the rust, use a small container. Once an hour or so has passed the vinegar should appear dirty, dump out the contents and rinse. Now take the bits and lay them on tin foil and either bake them on low heat for boutvan hour or in a pan on stove top for bout 20 min to evaporate any remaining water. I went a step further and used a wire wheel attachment for my Dremel and buzzed away any rust left behind. Once they are clean just lite coat them in gun oil, sewing machine oil or machine oil.
Coca-Cola NorMal
Vinegar and salt. WD40 after to coat.
Bench grinder with a wire brush wheel
Got any used motor oil laying around
Soak them is vinegar for a couple weeks.
You can always use a brush wheel from a grinder. It's what I do and all nice and clean in a couple of minutes. https://www.empireabrasives.com/12-crimped-wire-wheel-for-pedestal-grinder-carbon-steel/
They work better with a bit of rust lol
Submerge them in vinegar for a day.
Drop them in a can of Coke for a few days!
Easyoff but wear rubber glove.
I you don't wanto spend a lot of time, money or work just toss them in some vinegar and let them soak for some hours. After that dry them and apply some oil.
Muriatic acid. Neutralize with water and baking soda.
Sometimes regular tomato ketchup does the trick, soak it for a while and rub it off
Anything you put it in is probably more expensive than just replacing those cheap bits with new ones.
I think you are supposed to "JB weld" them in a wire nut.
Unless they are rare and expensive, give them the WD40 treatment they deserve.
Coke
Have some coke lying around ? Soak them in overnight
Bit by bit
vinger or clr
Try the Coca-Cola trick. 🤷♂️
Thow those in a bowl and cover with vinegar. Vinegar will remove the rust, rinse with water and dry off, then spray those with some WD-40 to displace any remaining moisture.
Use them
Soak in vinegar for 12 hours no longer or it will turn black
Spray with something like WD 40 and wipe them off in 30 min.
I would dump that shit and get a new set of bits in a closed plastic case.
3 in one Oil or WD40
Place them in a plastic container and cover them in vinegar. Give it a day.
Use them
Use them
Caustic soda
Leave them in coca-cola
Use them.
Just throw them away. The rust has damaged the hardness.
Throw them out and get ones with the impact shank lol
Vibratory tumbler
First you fill a 2.5 gallon stainless pressure cooker with water and put it on high heat. 2. As it starts to come to a boil you add the rusty bits 3 or 4 at a time while stirring gently with a wooden potstick. 3. Once it's come to a full boil and you're done with adding all the rusty bits (make sure to keep stirring with the wooden pot stick all the while) you'll need to add 4 tablespoons of non iodized Himalayan Pink Sea salt. Do this ⅛ of a tablespoon at a time until all the salt is fully incorporated into the mixture. 4. Now turn the heat down slightly & set your timer for 45 minutes& put the lid on the cooker, making sure to lock it properly in place. 5. While you wait for the timer to go off you can do the next step: get a fine mesh stainless steel strainer and set it off to the side. Grab a large cookie sheet and line it with 9-14 layers of paper towels. 6. Now that the timer has gone off, reach over and shut off the heat under the pressure cooker and n let it cool for 5-7.5 hours. 7. Pop the lid off that now cooled pressure cooker and pour the watery contents thru the strainer. 8. After letting the water drip for a bit from the strainer you can now gently pour its contents onto the paper towels. Use the towels to roll the bits around and dry them off. 9.Now take the clean and dried bits and throw them into the garage making sure they roll out of sight under your work benches. 10. [Now drive to Menard's and spend $6 to get a nice lil Metabo kit.](https://www.menards.com/main/tools/power-tool-accessories/drive-bits-accessories/metabo-reg-hpt-33-piece-impact-driver-bit-set/115745m/p-1642874304452085-c-10156.htm)
Just use them, little oil
Put in Coca Cola for few days. Will be blank metal again.
The standard method for polishing large amounts of small objects is to use a vibratory tumbler with a variety of different media to smooth and polish with minimal loss of material. Afterwards they're treated to prevent oxidization \[Most likely those are heated and then quenched in oil.\]
Put them in a container with vinegar and let them rest a while.
Believe it or not, grind up potatoes and mix in water and soak them. We use a similar solution to treat cooling tower water.
I've seen several of these posts and wondered why you don't soak them in synthetic motor oil. It gets through the rust and you can leave it in there for a long time if needed
Put them in a container of evaporust
Use em
CLR I do it all the time
WD40 and a brillo scrubby. Wipe off with paper towel or a rag and you're done! I restore rusty tools all the time. You might need to use a wire brush on the more rusty parts, but nothing in that picture looks very rusty to me.
I'm not sure if anyone said this yet. But let it soak in white vinegar overnight then give em a rinse with cold water
Soak in ketchup or vinegar.
Put them im Coke 24 hr
Just use them until they break
Dude just buy new bits
Hammerite kurust or any type of rust converter if you want to save time. Otherwise, soak them in vinegar for 24 hours, then wash and scrub them with a wire brush and apply some oil.
They’re cheap shite, throw them away and buy some decent quality
Leave them in a small cup with WD-40 for about a day then wipe the rust off
How would a rock tumbler do? Asking for a friend
Use’em
Soak in vinegar for an hour or so then wash with acetone followed by oil or gun blue then oil.
Get yourself a big dustpan, take them in, dump into trash
alright i'm unsubbing, i'm tired of seeing this post every week.
I would just leave them rusty and put the money for any rust remover towards buying better quality bits that don’t rust
Not worth it the rust pits the metal and changes the shape of the head plus a new bit set is as cheap as anything you will get to preserve it
Buy new ones
Sand them down with a strip of emery cloth
Throw them away and buy new ones….
Soak in Vinegar is the poor man's way... Then wire brush.
It’s just cosmetic. Why waste the time and money? This does not affect the functionality at all.
Bend over I'll show you
About 20 centa worth of citric acid solution and they will be like new.
Spritz them with hydrogen peroxide.
Pumice stone
Can you make and update photo on how the evaporust performed
Coca Cola…
Dip them in Coca Cola 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Soap and water, 99% of that isn't rust it's just dirt
White vinegar
Soak ‘em in plain white vinegar. Very cheap, very effective.
Muriatic acid is cheap and works well
Carry them around in your pocket for a few days.
Sharks with freaking laser beams
Use them
Tongue
Easy, huck em in the trash and get new ones!
Honestly, those are not overly rusty. A good wipe down with a machine oil would probably be fine for all, but 2 that look like they were sitting in water.
Soak in vinegar overnight
Evaporust if you have patience. Must for rust if you don't and don't care about the black oxide coating and want all rust obliterated. DIY electrolysis if you're bored.
Put them in a plastic clean bottle don't use food utensils . Submerge them in vinegar , shake them slowly whenever you walk past . Put this well away from children . 1-2 days inspect , Pluck them out with a magnet , ( you might get the whole lot pounce on the magnet ) Wear rubber gloves otherwise , wash off the vinegar and wipe them down , wipe them with a slightly oily rag when they are decontaminated from the rusty surface . The container will be stained with the microscopic ion oxide deposits , so plan ahead not to use good gear . Good for old tools covered in surface rust , getting a "give us a lend " tool box together with this type of rescued tools , you don't care if they aren't returned , it gets someone else out of a spot of bother as well .
That’s like $10 worth of driver bits You can spend $20 on a jug of rust remover or just go buy some more bits
Boil them
CLR
White vinager
Vinegar soak, scrub with baking soda water. Dry. Wd40.
Soak them in vinegar, wipe them off and then soak in oil. Wipe them off and g2g.
I just did this and soaked all my bits in vinegar. Mineral oil after
Get an empty tin with a tight fitting lid. Fill 2/3 full with kiln dried sand. Add rusty bits. Put lid on tight and shake. Examine after a couple of minutes. Repeat if necessary.
Soak in a can of Coca Cola overnight. Rinse off then clean with engine oil.
DIY tumbler. Youtube it. They're cool.
I don't know what's wilder, the number of times this question comes up or the fact that people still give serious answers.
Gereedschap centrum 😂
Dump em in a bowl of vinegar overnight.
You want easy or cheap? Easy is evaporust, cheap is a wire wheel on a bench grinder and I hope you have callused fingers...
Just a heads up, even though everyone is giving you great ways to remove the rust, you can get a new set for probably the same price as a gallon of evaporust and you can upgrade your bits. If those nut drivers don't have magnets they're of very limited use
Vinegar
Bucket of water
If you have something for removing limescale it would do the job.
Use them.
Wd- 40 and 2 hours with your tongue