I'll say this, you may no be the biggest youtuber but the quality of your videos is better than that of much much bigger channels, all I know is that if you keep it up like this you are going to blow up soon, thank you for the great content!👍
Thank soooo much for this!!! I know I’m 3yrs late so I hope you check notifications…..I recently purchased a used “gerber diesel” multitool from an eBay auction and the black oxide is worn funny and unevenly. First thing I did was submerge it in clr for guns. It got rid of any and all rust (which was very, very little) and dry it with microfiber. Now, it’s rust free and all joints and pivots work smooth and grime free. I tried alums-black and steel gun blue and neither even touched it. My question is this….its impossible to disassemble the tool…..but, every bit and piece is oxide black…..do you think I could use your process on the tool completely assembled and get a good finish on it?
I don't know the correct answer to your question but if the tool can't be disassembles then doing this is probably your best bet. Once you submerge it I'd shake it around a little to get any air bubbles out.
@ thank you!!! I do believe that submerging the entire tool will get evenly coated. I may have to take it out and rearrange the folding articles such as blades, files, etc…in which case I will use rubber gloves so as to not get skin oils upon the metals. I just ordered the Caswell black oxide pint ($38) and will pick up some cheap Tupperware so as to not piss off my wife and/or mix food storage with chemicals. Being that it was a used auction piece….im not worried about the final product….but fully believe it will at the very least be better than it looks now. I will, however, have to vinegar it well since I submerged it in wd-40 already. And the stripping of the metal (blast media) will have to be done assembled as well.
Yeah you probably could. The vinegar breaks up the rust but the tumbler helps take the rust off. So if you dont do the tumbler step just use a wire brush to get all the rust off.
Trevor hit the nail on the head. It does inhibit rust but I can't say it is a rust preventer 100%. Metal is porous so it is likely that the oxide does not fully penetrate the steal. Hence the need to use some type of oil or water repellent.
Free Decent Garage sticker to whoever tries this with their wife's pyrex containers! May the best man win🤣
Dangerous game! I'm in haha
I'll say this, you may no be the biggest youtuber but the quality of your videos is better than that of much much bigger channels, all I know is that if you keep it up like this you are going to blow up soon, thank you for the great content!👍
I agree
Thanks Blake! That truly means a lot!
Thanks Ben!
I like how you set that up Tim. Easy Peezy.
Thanks Ron. It was honestly more work than it was worth until I figured out the little tupperware trick.
Thank you for sharing that awesome process I will have to try it on some of my projects. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there
Thanks, you too!
Thank soooo much for this!!! I know I’m 3yrs late so I hope you check notifications…..I recently purchased a used “gerber diesel” multitool from an eBay auction and the black oxide is worn funny and unevenly. First thing I did was submerge it in clr for guns. It got rid of any and all rust (which was very, very little) and dry it with microfiber. Now, it’s rust free and all joints and pivots work smooth and grime free. I tried alums-black and steel gun blue and neither even touched it. My question is this….its impossible to disassemble the tool…..but, every bit and piece is oxide black…..do you think I could use your process on the tool completely assembled and get a good finish on it?
I don't know the correct answer to your question but if the tool can't be disassembles then doing this is probably your best bet. Once you submerge it I'd shake it around a little to get any air bubbles out.
@ thank you!!! I do believe that submerging the entire tool will get evenly coated. I may have to take it out and rearrange the folding articles such as blades, files, etc…in which case I will use rubber gloves so as to not get skin oils upon the metals. I just ordered the Caswell black oxide pint ($38) and will pick up some cheap Tupperware so as to not piss off my wife and/or mix food storage with chemicals. Being that it was a used auction piece….im not worried about the final product….but fully believe it will at the very least be better than it looks now. I will, however, have to vinegar it well since I submerged it in wd-40 already. And the stripping of the metal (blast media) will have to be done assembled as well.
I am also needing to purchase a tumbler (harbor freight 4 miles away) and media. What grit of walnut media do you use?
@jasongaudreau2075 I don't recall the grit. I think what I got was all harbor freight had.
@ thank you
Can I do this and skip the tumbler step? I dont have one of those
Yeah you probably could. The vinegar breaks up the rust but the tumbler helps take the rust off. So if you dont do the tumbler step just use a wire brush to get all the rust off.
Harbor freight has fine and course walnut media, I picked up coarse to try but wonder if it's too big grit. Did you go with fine?
I got fine and it worked really well
I've got a lot of hardware that I need to do this to.
Just curious what the purpose of the black oxide is if it doesn't prevent rust?
@@vwnickjetta It's basically like bluing that you would see on guns
@@vwnickjetta it's a rust inhibitor
Trevor hit the nail on the head. It does inhibit rust but I can't say it is a rust preventer 100%. Metal is porous so it is likely that the oxide does not fully penetrate the steal. Hence the need to use some type of oil or water repellent.