INSANE Cast Iron Kettle Humidifier Restoration

[@claire8391]

another thrilling video, thanks cody

[@AaronW315]

Growing up we used a cast iron pot, looked exactly like the before on the inside lol.

[@codywoodring]

@AaronW315 It can last generations if taken care of, That's one of the great things about cast iron

[@peoplez129]

Better method: Soak in a citric acid powder solution, which you can buy a 5lb bag of for maybe $25, so it's very cost effective. Something like a couple teaspoons per gallon of water, maybe several teaspoons per gallon because of the amount of rust. The hotter the water the better since it will work faster, could take a few hours to a day or two of soaking like this depending on temperature and concentration, but you'll be able to check on it and visually tell when it's done. The rust will be stripped away. You can do it cold too, but it'll take a lot longer. Boiling is best. After that, a simple light scrubbing and maybe some light sanding will make the surface nice, just a typical green heavy duty scrub pad would do it. Can go in for a second pass of soaking to get any stubborn bits. The key is to not let it sit in there for too long after the surface rust is removed, it'll look almost brand new. Then rinse well and go into the electrolysis stage.

[@codywoodring]

@peoplez129 my total cost, including the kettle itself, was under $20. There are a lot of different methods that would work depending on what folks have on hand, but if I did have the money to spend, I'd just go to harbor freight and get a couple gallons of evaporust

[@streetDAOC]

Probably would have saved a lot of time and effort had you just submerged it in evaporust no?

[@codywoodring]

I WISH lmao. One day I'll get a 5 gal bucket but it's not in my budget at the moment

[@nickybeingnicky]

A cast iron stove can be well over 200 degrees.

[@codywoodring]

@nickybeingnicky yeah if you have one that gets really hot I'd recommend just coating the whole thing with oil instead of painting the outside