Easiest Way to Restore Rusty Garden Tools

If you leave your garden tools out and they build up rust, this is for you. Tool restoration is such an enjoyable process, the feeling you get when you restore it to brand new is absolutely amazing.

0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Salt & Vinegar Method
2:34 - Baking Soda Method
3:04 - Steel Wool
4:08 - Baking Soda After
6:07 - Salt & Vinegar After
7:30 - Oiling

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[epicgardening]

Be honest, you leave your garden tools out too, right? :)

[craigwest]

That vinegar and salt routine was awesome!

[Sunshine-nrqe]

Thank you for posting this. My sister and I both love(d) to garden. She passed away unexpectedly. I later came across her pruning shears completely rusted over. Still have them. To be able to rejuvenate ‘em and use them would be so special. Can’t wait to try this!!!

[missourimule]

It's good to see the 3-in-one oil. It used to be THE go-to product, but I haven't seen it for years.

[NeferLioness]

I love the use of everyday vinegar, salt, and baking soda!

[FatcatandFriends]

Excellent video! As a teacher, I must say that you gave extremely clear instructions and also explained why things are done. Awesome!

[nazufani]

I love my tools & take care of them. Been using 3 in 1 oil since I learned to sew at 7 years old when my mom taught me to sew & gave me a Singer treadle sewing machine, which I still have 🙃 Good vid. 👍
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[NSDaishi]

This video reminded me I needed to go to Home Depot and Albertsons. Added everything in this video to my shopping cart.

[morethanlife]

I don’t have any rusty tools and yet am obsessed with this video. 😃

[sheilagay]

Thank you for your time of putting this together for us Gardner’s Got to get busy and do my tools....here comes garden time in northern Michigan..

[terryanding]

Just brought in all my garden tools to clean them. This is so timely! As a 70 yr old senior gal and incurable gardener, could you do a video on how to clean & unsieze casters from old plant dollys? You are a great teacher!
PS. As an older gal, putting lubricant on tools makes gripping/ using tools more difficult. Just don’t have a lot of hand strength.

[andygentry]

This is wonderful! Just inherited some of my father's, grandfather's, and great grandfather's tools. Going to clean the disston saws first, carefully.

[konnieschiller]

Could you do a video on how to sharpen these tools also? Kind of a beginner here. Thank you!

[TheQueenTom]

Never really purchased my own tools. Everything was/is my dads and he taught us from a young age to take care of and restore other peoples old stuff. A little care goes such a long way in terms of your tools' longevity :)

[GardeningInCanada]

I may need to do this too everything I own 🤣

[justinvanwijk]

When I worked in conservation, we used boiled linseed oil for wood handles and motor oil for metal surfaces. Now I use linseed on the metal parts too. Easy and less harmful.

[cdanerg]

Thanks. I thought it was going to be a big deal but you just made my day.

[trinabenyi]

Thank you so much. I have adhd and have a tendency to forget my tools in the garden even though I try really hard not to. This helps a lot.

[emadla]

This is one of the best tutorial I have seen thanks

[HonedByJones]

I keep a very cheap bristle brush (Not sure if it's copper or brass) that I picked up from the local hardware store in with my garden tools. I use it to quickly remove light rust or other gunk that gets on my garden tools before they get too nasty. Lube choice for me is a wax based bike chain lube from the local bike shop because I'm not interested in putting whatever is in 3 and 1 oil in our garden. I think it's awesome that you're promoting tool care/maintenance.