12 tips and tricks to prevent and remove rust

Regular maintenance keeps your garden tools clean and rust-free. To cut down on maintenance time, fill a bucket with sand and mix in a plant-based oil like boiled linseed oil. Plunging a blade, tines or teeth into the sand a few times cleans off any dirt and gives them a light coating of oil for rust prevention. You can even store your tools right in the pot.

Here’s how to remove rust with electrolysis. You’ll need a plastic or glass container deep enough to hold enough water to cover your rusty item. And you’ll also need a battery charger, a box of washing soda (found with the laundry detergents at just about any big grocery store), a short copper wire and some rebar bent to fit around the object you’re restoring.

Hook everything up as shown and walk away. It gets rid of most of the rust. You’ll still need to polish with sandpaper, steel wool or Scotch pads to get down to bare metal.

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Source: Family Handyman