Remove Rust And Mill Scale from metal easily With This Vinegar Hack!

How to remove rust and mill scale from metal using vinegar hack.
Here is how I clean new and rusted metal using 5% cleaning vinegar. I like to soak all material new and used in Vinegar for a minimum of 24hrs to help prep materials. Vinegar can normally be found in 5-6% concentrations at just about any store. 20-30% vinegar is stronger but the price could jump to $30 per gallon versus $1-2 for the lower concentration.
Mill scale and dross can be removed easily using 5% vinegar and that's how I prepare the monograms I cut on my CNC table.
If there is any questions lets me know. I will post link to stronger vinegar that can be found at home depot.
Homedepot and other examples of vinegar I have used.
128 oz. 30% Vinegar All Purpose Cleaner Concentrate
www.homedepot.com/p/Harris-12...
Heinz All Natural Original Multi-Purpose Extra Strength Vinegar with 6% Acidity, 1 gal Jug
www.walmart.com/ip/Heinz-All-...
Calyptus 45% Pure Super Concentrated Vinegar | Dilutes to 9 Gallons | 9x Power Concentrate Vinegar | 1 Gallon
www.amazon.com/Calyptus-Stron...

[@quinspruell2630]

Pretty damn good brother. 👍

[@BigLou956]

Vinegar does a good job... 👍

[@Paulman50]

I use Muric acid (hydrochloric acid). You can buy it at the trade stores, the bricklayers use it to clean cement off the bricks. I've hade 2ltrs that I've been reusing for the last 2 years. Takes only a short dip to get results or you can paint it on. It's good to neutralize it with sodium bicarbonate after.

[@shootgp]

I don't for the Muriatic acid a whole lot, but that worked great when refurbishing an old drill press I have. The post column wasn't cleaning up very well so I used some of my wife's makeup remover pads and hemostats to brush it up and down the column. It took care of what the wire wheel couldn't.

[@cutweldngrind]

I bought some muriatic a few months ago to do some cleaning and had forgot how strong it was. I was not sure on the neutralizing part so skipped it as a rust remover on my projects. The downfall to using vinegar is all my projects smell like pickles.

[@DrewFolta]

I've used pvc pipe to do this to soak long pieces.

[@cutweldngrind]

Thanks, I will be sure to try pvc on longer parts.

[@shootgp]

I used to use vinegar, but I've switched over to citric acid. I get it in powdered form at Walmart over by the canning supplies. It's cheaper, I can adjust the strength by how much powder I add, it works really well and doesn't stink. Give it a try, a comparison video would be interesting.

[@cutweldngrind]

I will try to look for citric acid when I go to the city, as I'm unfamiliar with it. I started using vinegar once I got my cnc table, and like you mentioned it does smell.

[@shootgp]

@@cutweldngrind When you go into the city..... I'm jealous. If I remember correctly, you're in Texas; if so, where about? I grew up in Grand Prairie - live in Bedford now. I've spent my entire life here in the DFW area. Would love to get out of the city eventually.