Weird thing with vinegar and tool

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Originally Posted by special-K

No. Soaking in vinegar is actually a very good and non-toxic way to kill rust and get back to clean metal. It truly does work. I don't know what the heck happened here. But I also have no idea what that Chinese metal actually is. Must be some odd concoction they came up with. I know my experience with a lot of Chinese metal has shown it's inferior crap

Hmmm. Lead, cadmium, melamine? Ain't no telling. But you can leave a part in Evapo-Rust a long time and it'll still be there when you come back. Molasses, I'm not sure about.