ZanderG

My apologies. I can't upload any more photos for some reason but I'll try and elaborate. These are mechanical socket adaptors made from chromed vanadium steel. The copper is from its unquie smell, you don't forget copper grease when you've had it all over yours hands.. The deep red I can only assume is the acid that corroded the metals so quickly. When removing rust from my tools, I'd expect the solution to be a dark, murky colour with very few sediments floating.. this was a complete surprise to have had such a large reaction, even taking into account the state of the tools (see photo bottom of tool carrier)

Hi, I was cleaning some of my rusty tools by bathing them in vinager. It was a pretty slow clean as I'm used to leaving it for 2 - 3 days but when I returned I had an unusual reaction which I'm hoping you can tell me what happened? It's got a very unique aroma of copper grease but this wouldn't had corroded the sockets. I think the black cake is copper oxide but what about the red and orange? Any help greatly appreciated.

Hi, I was cleaning some of my rusty tools by bathing them in vinager. It was a pretty slow clean as I'm used to leaving it for 2 - 3 days but when I returned I had an unusual reaction which I'm hoping you can tell me what happened? It's got a very unique aroma of copper grease but this wouldn't had corroded the sockets. I think the black cake is copper oxide but what about the red and orange? Any help greatly appreciated.